JUDGMENT :

Alok Kumar Verma, J.

Present Criminal Jail Appeal has been received from the Superintendent of District Jail, Haridwar. The present Appeal has been filed against the judgment dated 22.02.2016, passed by learned Sessions Judge, Pithoragarh in Sessions Trial No.21 of 2014, “State vs. Mahant Digamber Tejgiri alias Mauni Baba alias Tarsaim Singh”, by which, the appellant has been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years along with a fine of Rs.10,000/- under Section 376 (2) (n) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short, “IPC”); he has been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years along with a fine of Rs.1,000/- under Section 506 part II IPC; he has been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months under Section 471 IPC read with Section 465 IPC, and, he has been further convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year along with a fine of Rs.10,000/- under Section 66 C of the Information Technology Act, 2000. All the sentences have been directed to run concurrently.

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