Advocates:
['APPELLANT NAME', '', 'LEGAL AID COUNSEL', 'M/S S SRIDEVI', '', 'MANI @ MANIKANDAN S/O THANGARAJ', 'NO', 'PONNUSAMY ST', 'MARIAMMAN KOIL ST', 'SEELANAICKENPATTI', 'SALEM NOW HE IS CONFINED AT CENTRAL PRISON', 'SALEM', 'SALEM DISTRICT', 'PUBLIC PROSECUTOR']

CRL A No.535 of 2021

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 19.10.2022

Coram:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN

Criminal Appeal No.535 of 2021

and

Crl.M.P.no.11548 of 2021

Mani @ Manikandan

... Appellant

Vs.

The State rep. by its

The Inspector of Police

Salem Town, All Women Police Station

Salem

Crime No.18 of 2015

... Respondent

Prayer : Criminal Appeal filed under Sections 374 (2) of Criminal

Procedure Code, praying to set aside the conviction and sentence passed

in New Spl.S.C.No.20 of 2019 by the learned Sessions Judge, POCSO

Cases, Special Court, Salem dated 14.09.2021.

For Appellant

: M/s.S.Sridevi

Legal Aid Counsel

For Respondent

: Mr.S.Sugendran

Additional Public Prosecutor

1/20

https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

CRL A No.535 of 2021

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 puni