IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK AGARWAL &

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE RATNESH CHANDRA SINGH BISEN CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 9382 of 2022 AYYAZ MOHAMMAD Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Appearance:

Shri Siddharth Datt - Advocate for the appellant.

Shri Arvind Singh - Government Advocate for the respondent/State.

Reserved on: 08/01/2026 Delivered on: 27/01/2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

JUDGMENT Per: Justice Ratnesh Chandra Singh Bisen.

This Criminal Appeal under Section 374(2) of the Cr.P.C., is filed by the appellant being aggrieved of the judgment dated 06.09.2022 passed by learned Third Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Deosar, District Singrauli (M.P.), in Special Case No.59 of 2020, whereby appellant has been convicted for offences as under:-

R.I. for

376(3) I.P.C. R.I. for 20 years Rs.5,000/-

06 months 3(k) read POCSO - - -

with 4

5(L) read POCSO - - -

with 6

2. According to the case of the prosecution, on 26.6.2019, a missing report was lodged by the mother of the prosecutrix to the effect that on 25.6.2019, the prose