IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 05.01.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Sundar Raj ... Appellant/Accused Vs.

State Represented by The Inspector of Police, Naduveerapattu Police Station, Cuddalore District.

(Crime No.1074 of 2020) ... Respondent/Complainant Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, to call for the records and set-aside the conviction and sentence imposed in Spl.S.C.No.26 of 2021 dated 27.10.2022, Sessions Judge, Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases under POCSO Act, Cuddalore.

For Appellant : Mr.K.Gandhi Kumar For Respondent : Mr.S.Raja Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor

JUDGMENT

This Criminal Appeal challenges the judgment of conviction and sentence imposed by the learned Sessions Judge in Spl.S.C.No.26 of 2021 dated 27.10.2022 on the file of the Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases under POCSO Act, Cuddalore.

2. The appellant was convicted by the trial Court for the offences under Section 366 of IPC and under Sections 3 and 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as POCSO Act) and sentenced as follows: