HIGH COURT OF TRIPURA AGARTALA Crl. A(J) 56/2024 Sri Rajib Karmakar son of Sri Manoranjan Karmakar, resident of East Bank of Fatiksagar, Amarpur, P.S. Birganj, District- Gomati, Tripura ----Appellant Versus The State of Tripura ----Respondent For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Ratan Datta, Advocate For the Respondent(s) : Mr. Rajib Saha, Addl. PP Date of hearing : 21.01.2026 Date of delivery of Judgment & Order : 28.01.2026 Whether fit for reporting : No BEFORE HON’BLE JUSTICE DR. T. AMARNATH GOUD HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S. DATTA PURKAYASTHA JUDGMENT & ORDER (Dr.T.Amarnath Goud, J)

Heard Mr. Ratan Datta, learned Counsel appearing for the appellant also heard Mr. Rajib Saha, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing for the respondent-State of Tripura.

2. The appellant, by means of filing the present appeal has challenged the judgment and order of conviction and sentence dated 15.02.2024 passed by the learned Special Judge, Gomati District, Udaipur, in connection with case No. Special (POCSO) 24 of 2021, wherein the appellant has been convicted under Section 363 of the IPC and under Section 4 of the POCSO, and was sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 3(three) years and to pay a fin