JUDGMENT

This appeal has been filed to set aside the order passed by the Sessions Judge, Fast Track Mahila Court, Dindigul in Special S.C.No.48 of

2023 dated 02.09.2023.

2.The appellant who is the sole accused in Special S.C.No.48 of

2023 on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Fast Track Mahila Court, Dindigul, has filed this appeal challenging the conviction and sentence imposed for the offences under Sections 363 of IPC and 6 of POCSO Act, 2012, by the impugned order dated 02.09.2023.

3. Prosecution Case:-

According to the prosecution, at the time of occurrence, the victim girl was a minor and her date of birth is 19.04.2004. In this case, the victim girl has informed her parents that she was in love with the petitioner/accused. When the parents of the victim girl reprimanded her, she informed the same to the appellant. Immediately, the appellant eloped with the victim girl making a promise to marry her and treat her as his wife. On the basis of the promise and assurance, the victim girl left her home on 03.10.2020, around 14.00 hours. The appellant took her to the Ukkadam and then, he settled at Chinnakalaiyamputhur, and stayed in a rental house and worked in the brick Kiln situat