1. This Criminal Appeal has been filed against the judgment of conviction made by the learned Mahalir Fast Track / 2nd Additional Sessions Judge of Erode in S.C.No. 46 of 2017 dated 15.05.2018.

2. The respondent police registered the case against the appellant in Crime No.66 of 2015 for offence under S.174 Cr.P.C. After completing the investigation, laid charge sheet before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Erode. He has taken the charge sheet on file in P.R.C.No.8 of 2017. After completing the formalities u/s.207 Cr.P.C., committed the case to the Principal Sessions Judge, Erode, to proceed with the case u/s.209 Cr.P.C. Since the offence is exclusively triable by the court of Session, the learned Principal Sessions Judge, taken the case on file in S.C.No.46 of 2017 and made over the case to the Mahila Court, Erode.

3. The learned Special Judge, after completing the formalities framed the charge against the appellant for offence under S.306 IPC. After framing charge, during trial, in order to prove the case of the prosecution, on the side of the prosecution, as many as 16 witnesses were examined as P.W.1 to P.W.16 and marked 23 documents as Ex.P.1 to Ex.P.23 and no Material Object was marke