JUDGMENT

Vinod Chandran, J.

We are faced with another instance of a neighbour, that too a fatherly figure, turning predator by committing rape on a child. The victim who had not even reached her teens was thus impregnated and a female child was born to her. The child mother and the infant were then left to feed on the vagaries of life. The charge was under Sections 376 and 506 of the IPC . The accused was convicted and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and pay a fine of Rs.5,00,000/- [Rupees five lakhs] for the offence punishable under Section 376 , with a default sentence.

2. Sri. V.S.Babu Gireesan, learned Counsel for the appellant, would argue that the conviction based on the evidence of the prosecutrix alone has to be set aside. The FIR was registered with a delay of six months. There is no valid pro