ORDER :

1. Shri Raghuveer Singh, counsel for the appellant. Shri R.D. Agarwal, Panel Lawyer for the respondent/State. This appeal has been filed under section 374 of Criminal Procedure Code against the judgment dated 25-7-2014 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Chachaura, District-Guna in Special Sessions Trial No. 05/2014 by which the appellant has been convicted under sections 363, 366, 376(2) of Indian Penal Code and under section 6 read with section 5(1) of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

2. The allegations against the appellant are that on 23-6-2013 at about 6-7:00 A.M. the appellant kidnapped the prosecutrix aged about 15 to 16 years. The prosecutrix remained in the company of the appellant from 23-6-2013 till 29-12-2013 and during this period, the appellant had frequent physical intercourse with her. It is also undisputed fact that the appellant and the prosecutrix were known to each other and the appellant took the prosecutrix to Kota and Jakota and at the time of recovery, she was having a pregnancy of 22-24 weeks.

3. The prosecution story in short is that a missing person report was lodged by Suraj Lal (PW-2) on 25-6-2013 in Police Station-Kumbhraj t