Johnson John, J .

The appellant is the sole accused in S.C. No. 573 of 2013 on the file of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ernakulam and he is challenging the conviction and sentence passed against him for the offences under Sections 376 (1) of IPC and Section 67B(e) of Information Technology Act, 2000 (‘Act, 2000’ for short) as per the impugned judgment dated 03.09.2016.

2. The prosecution case, as per the final report, is that the accused, who is the biological father of the minor victim girl, subjected her to sexual intercourse forcibly at 4.30 p.m., on 21.10.2010. and thereafter, he continued to subject her to sexual intercourse on several days for a period of one year and he also recorded the above act of rape in his mobile phone and thereby, caused others to see the same and he is thereby, alleged to have committed the offences punishable under Section 376 (1) IPC and Section 67B(e) of the Act, 2000.

3. Based on Exhibit P1, First Information Statement of the victim dated 17.07.2012 recorded by PW10, Exhibit P9 FIR was registered and thereafter, PW11, Circle Inspector of Mattancherry, conducted the investigation and filed the final report and the same