JUDGMENT

P. Kumararatnam, J.

The above-named Appellant was indicted by the Attorney General under Sections 354 and 365 B (2) (b) of the Penal Code for committing the offence of Kidnapping from lawful guardianship and two counts of Grave Sexual Abuse on Hettiarachchilage Sanduni Indunl Kumari on 17/11/2010.

The trial commenced on 16/01/2016. After leading all necessary witnesses, the prosecution closed their case. The learned High Court Judge had called for the defence and the Appellant had made statement from the dock and closed his case.

The learned High Court Judge after considering the evidence presented by both parties before him and his predecessor, convicted the Appellant as charged, and sentenced the Appellant to 02 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.10,000/- subject to a default sentence of 03 months simple imprisonment for the first count.

For the second count, the Appellant was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.10,000/- subject to a default sentence of 06 months simple imprisonment.

For the third count, the Appellant was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.10,000/- subject to a defaul