1. This is an appeal under Section 374 of the Cr.P.C. on questioning the judgment and order of conviction and sentence dated 03.03.2016 delivered in ST/T-1/0000004/2015 by the Sessions Judge, North Tripura, Dharmanagar, convicting the appellant under Sections 417 and 420 of the IPC and sentencing him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year with fine of Rs.10,000 under Section 417 of the IPC with default imprisonment and rigorous imprisonment for 7(seven) years with fine of Rs.30,000/- for offence punishable under Section 420 of the IPC with default imprisonment.

2. The genesis of the prosecution case is rooted in the written ejahar filed by the victim [PW-1], whose name is withheld for protecting her identity. In the said written ejahar, filed on 10.08.2014, the victim disclosed that through the acquaintance of her sister the appellant proposed her and they were engaged in a love-affair. The appellant promised to marry the victim and they had pre-marital sexual intercourse on ‘promise of marriage’ on several occasions within the period from March 14 to June 26, 2014. Even the appellant started behaving like a son-in-law to her parents. The appellant made the v