THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.LAKSHMAN AND THE HON’BLE SMT JUSTICE K.SUJANA CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1013 OF 2019

JUDGMENT

(PER HON’BLE SMT JUSTICE K.SUJANA)

This appeal is preferred by the appellant being aggrieved by the judgment dated 16.05.2019 passed by the Special Sessions Judge for Trial of Offences under SC/ST (POA) Act-Cum-VII Additional District and Sessions Judge, at Ranga Reddy District, at L.B.Nagar, in S.C.No.123 of 2017 wherein, the appellant was convicted for offence punishable under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and under Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short ‘SCs and STs (POA) Act, 1989’). For offence under Section 307 of IPC, the accused was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for life. For offence under Section 3(2)(v) of the SCs and STs (POA) Act, 1989, he was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.100/- (Rupees One Hundred Only) I.D.S.I. for one month.

Both the sentences were directed to run concurrently.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the accused is unmarried and is having illegal intimacy with the victim – Smt Era Venkatamma (LW.2)