ORDER:

The petitioner/accused filed the present criminal revision case, assailing the judgment dated 06.03.2009 in Crl.A.No.118 of 2007 passed by the learned Special Sessions Judge-cum-X Additional District and Sessions Judge, Krishna, wherein the learned Judge dismissed the appeal by confirming the judgment dated 20.09.2007 in S.C.No.246 of 2006 passed by the learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Machilipatnam, for the offences punishable under Sections 448 and 506 IPC and modified the sentence of rigorous imprisonment for the offence punishable under Section 354 IPC from five years to three years.

2. The shorn of prosecution case is as follows:

i) The petitioner/accused used to follow the victim by name Yalla Philomina (PW.1) when she attends to church and market and behave indecently. Previously, a case in Crime No.34 of 2004 under Sections 448, 341, 509 and 506 IPC was also registered for the incident that had taken place on 11.02.2004 when he entered into her house, abused her in vulgar language and insulted her modesty and the said case was posted to 01.10.2004 for trial. Meanwhile, on 22.09.2004 at about 1.00 p.m., when the victim was proceeding to her relatives house to attend fu