IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 03.12.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Manoj ... Appellant/Single Accused Vs.

State Represented by The Inspector of Police, Rathinapuri Police Station, Coimbatore City.

(Crime No.1054 of 2019) ... Respondent/Complainant Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(2) of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, to call for the entire records in connection with the Spl.C.C.No. 24 of 2020 on the file of the learned Principal Special Court (for Exclusive Trial of Cases under POCSO Cases), Coimbatore District and set aside the judgment dated 26.12.2022.

For Appellant : Mr.E.Kannadasan For Respondent : Mr.S.Raja Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor

JUDGMENT

The Appeal has been filed challenging the judgment of conviction and sentence imposed on the petitioner for the offence under Section 363 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as IPC).

2. It is the case of the prosecution that the petitioner had kidnapped the victim girl aged about 14 years at the time of the occurrence from the lawful guardianship and kept her in his house for three days and committed the offences of penetrative sexual assault, besides the offence of