Serial No. 01 Supplementary List HIGH COURT OF MEGHALAYA AT SHILLONG Date of Hearing: 02.12.2025 Crl.A.No.26 of 2023 Date of Decision: 28.01.2026 Shri. Sking Rymbai, S/o Smti. Mil Rymbai, R/o Village: Pasyih Dongmihsngi P.S. Jowai District: West Jaintia Hills Meghalaya.

Presently lodged in District Prison & Correctional Home, West Jaintia Hills District, Jowai.

….. Appellant -VERSUS-

State of Meghalaya through Public Prosecutor ….. Respondent Coram:

Hon’ble Mr. Justice B. Bhattacharjee, Judge Appearance:

For the Petitioner/Appellant(s) : Mr. M. Sharma, Legal Aid Counsel with Ms. T. Buam, Adv For the Respondent(s) : Mr. S.A. Sheikh, GA with Ms. S. Shyam, GA JUDGMENT AND ORDER

1. This appeal is directed against the impugned Judgment of conviction dated 16.08.2022 and Order of Sentence of even date passed by the learned Sessions Judge, West Jaintia Hills District, Jowai, in Sessions Case No.63 of 2014 convicting the appellant u/s 376/506 (Part II) IPC and sentencing him to undergo 7 years imprisonment with fine of Rs.15,000/- and in default of payment, to undergo further 2 months simple imprisonment.

2. The fact of the case, as can be derived from the record, is that on 12.08.2012, PW-1 lod