BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Reserved on : 16.06.2021 Pronounced on : 03.09.2021 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.MURALI SHANKAR CRL.A(MD).No. 195 of 2016 Suresh @ Sureshkumar : Appellants / Accused Vs.

State rep. by The Inspector of Police, Ponmalai All Women Police Station, Thiruchirappalli.

(Crime No. 151 of 2015) : Respondent / complainant PRAYER:- Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374 Cr.P.C., to call for the records relating to the judgment dated 06.04.2016 made in Spl.S.C.No.18 of 2015 passed by the Sessions Judge, Mahilar Court, Thiruchirappalli and set aside the same and acquit the appellant/accused.

For Appellant : Mr.S.Krishna Moorthy, Legal Aid Counsel.

For respondent : Mr.T.Senthil Kumar, Government Advocate (Crl.side)

JUDGMENT

The Criminal Appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction passed in Spl.S.C.No.18 of 2015, dated 06.04.2016 on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Mahilar Court, Thiruchirappalli.

2. The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Ponmalai, Trichy City, has laid the final report against the accused alleging that the victim and two other girls, who were the inmates of Annai Ashram, had left the Ashram on 06.05.2015 at