JUDGMENT

(JUDGMENT OF THE COURT WAS DELIVERED BY T.RAJA, J.)

Appellant is the father of the victim girl and sole accused in Spl.S.C.No.

15 of 2018 on the file of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Karur. He stood charged for offences under Section 5(l)(m)(n) and 6 r/w 9(l)(m)(n) and 10 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (in short POCSO Act). By judgment dated 20.12.2018, the trial Court convicted him under Section 5(l)(m)(n) and 9(l)(m)(n) of the POCSO Act and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for the remainder of natural life and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for one month under Section 5(l)(m)(n) of POCSO Act and to undergo imprisonment for the remainder of natural life under Section 9(l)(m)(n) of POCSO Act and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for one month. Challenging the said conviction and sentence, the appellant, father of victim girl, is before this Court with this appeal.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows:

P.W.2 is a girl child aged about 14 years. She is the daughter of P.W.-1 and the accused. P.W.2 was studying 8th standard in a