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RAGHVENDRA SINGH CHAUHAN, A.ABHISHEK REDDY
Polepaka Praveen @ Pawan – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana, rep. by its Public Prosecutor – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, J.
1. Both these cases, namely Criminal Appeal No.685 of 2019, filed by Polepaka Praveen @ Pawan, the accused, and reference proceedings in R.T. No. 1 of 2019 for confirmation of the death sentence, emanate from the same impugned judgment, namely judgment dated 08.08.2019, passed by the Special Judge for Trial of Cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act-cum-I Additional Sessions Judge at Wanaparthy, in Special Sessions Case No. 95 of 2019. By the said judgment, the learned trial court has convicted and sentenced the appellant as under:
| Offence convicted for | Sentence imposed |
| Section 302 IPC | Death sentence, and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-, and suffer simple imprisonment for three months in default thereof. |
| Section 449 IPC | Undergo imprisonment for life, to pay a fine of Rs.500/-, and to suffer simple imprisonment for three months in default thereof. |
| Section 376-A IPC | Undergo rigorous imprisonment for twenty years. |
| Section 376-AB IPC | Undergo rigorous imprisonme |
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