1. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 30-4-98 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Janjgir, the then District Bilaspur, M.P. (now C.G.) in Sessions Trial No. 256/94 whereby and whereunder after holding the appellants guilty for abducting / kidnapping prosecutrix (PW 4) (name not mentioned) to compel her to marry with . appellant Ashok and also committing gang rape, convicted them under S.366, S.376(2)(g) of the Indian Penal Code (for short ' IPC ') and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for five years and to pay fine of Rs.1000/-, in default of payment of fine, to further undergo simple imprisonment for six months; and rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and to pay fine of Rs.2000/-, in default of payment of fine, to further undergo simple imprisonment for one year, respectively, to each of the appellants, with a direction to run the sentences concurrently.

2. Convcition is impugned on the ground that without there being any iota of evidence, the trial Court has convicted and sentenced the appellants as aforementioned and thereby committed illegality.

3. As per case of the prosecution, the prosecutrix (PW 4) came to her au