BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Date of Reserved 30/10/2024 Date of Pronounced 30/01/2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN Crl.A(MD)No.229 of 2019 Ajith Kumar : Appellants/Accused (single)

Vs.

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

(In Crime No.17 of 2018) : Respondent/Complainant Prayer: This Criminal Appeal is filed under Section

374(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, to call for the records pertaining to Special SC No.60 of 2018 on the file of the Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Trichy, dated 24/04/2019 and set aside the conviction and sentence by acquitting the appellant.

For Appellant : Mr.K.Vinayagan For Respondent : Mr.M.Sakthi Kumar Government Advocate (Criminal side) J U D G M E N T This Criminal Appeal is filed against the judgment of conviction and sentence passed in Special SC No.60 of 2018, dated 24/04/2019 by the Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Trichy.

2.The case of the prosecution in brief:-

The de-facto complainant namely Gayathri is the resident of Bharathy Nagar, Airport, Trichy. She is doing 1^st year of B.Com at M.I.E.T College, Trichy. When she is doing her 12^th Standard, the accused became her friend. They