ORAL JUDGMENT:

1. Heard the learned Counsel for the appellant and the learned APP for the State.

2. Appellant is convicted for the offence punishable under sections 341, 452, 392, 397 of the Indian Penal Code and under section 37(i) (a) punishable under section 135 of the Bombay Police Act and sentenced to suffer rigourous imprisonment for one month, five years, five years, seven years and one year respectively.

3. Prosecution case is that the complainant was alone in her house when the appellant rang the door bail and posed as if he was a courier and, when the complainant opened the door, he pushed her inside the house, threatended her with kninfe, took her to the kitchen, snatched her ornaments and bolted the door from outside and vanished. The complainant managed to raise hue and cry and called the children who were playing on the ground. She also called her husband on telephone and, thereafter, a complaint was lodged. The accused was arrested. The test identification parade was held on 4/4/2005, after a lapse of about 12 days. The complainant identified the appellant – accused. The Trial Court convicted the accused and sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for seven year