1. In this criminal appeal the judgment and order of conviction and sentence dated 20.09.2013 passed by learned Sessions Judge, South Tripura, Udaipur in Sessions Trial Case No.57(ST/U) of 2012 has been challenged by the appellant. Charges under Sections 376(1) and 417 of IPC were framed against the accused appellant to which he pleaded not guilty and in the trial learned Sessions Judge acquitted the accused appellant from the charge under Section 376(1) of IPC and found him guilty of the charge under Section 417 of IPC and sentenced him to suffer R.I. for six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 25,000/-(rupees twenty five thousand), in default of payment of fine to suffer S.I. for three months.

Aggrieved, the accused appellant filed the present appeal.

2. Heard learned counsel, Mr. D. Bhattacharji for the appellant and learned Addl. P.P., Mr. R.C. Debnath for the State respondent.

3. Prosecution case is that accused Bapi Saha alias Rajesh, a co-villager of the informant, Smti. Chanu Das(PW1), giving false assurance of marriage pretended love with her daughter, the victim prosecutrix(name kept withheld), aged about sixteen years and at first on 17.09.2010, a day of Vijaya Dashami