J U D G M E N T

This Criminal Appeal has been filed seeking to set aside the Judgment of conviction and sentence passed in New Spl.S.C.No.20 of 2019 dated 14.09.2021 by the learned Sessions Judge, POCSO Cases, Special Court, Salem.

2.The respondent police registered the case in Crime No.18 of

2015 against the appellant initially for the offence under Section 506(ii) IPC and Section 3 punishable under Section 4 of POCSO Act, 2012 and after completing the investigation, laid charge sheet for the offence under Section 506(ii) IPC and Section 3 punishable under Section 4 of POCSO Act, 2012 before Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Salem and the same was taken on file in Spl.S.C.No.32 of 2016. The learned Sessions Judge, after completing the formalities framed charges against the appellant for the offence under Section 506(2) IPC and Section 5(l) of POCSO Act 2012 punishable under Section 6 of POCSO Act and subsequently, the case was transferred to the Special Court for POCSO Cases, Salem, and assigned new number Spl.S.C.No.20 of 2019.

3. After framing the charges, in order to prove the case of the prosecution, during trial before the trial Court, totally 11 witnesses were examined as P.W.1 to P