JUDGMENT :

Uday Umesh Lalit, J.

1. These appeals by special leave challenge the final judgment and order dated 27.06.2013 passed by the High Court[The High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur] in Criminal Reference No.4 of 2013 and Criminal Appeal No.748 of 2013.

2. The relevant facts for the purposes of these appeals, in brief, are as under:

(A) On 30.01.2013 a missing report was lodged by one Ramlal that his daughter (hereinafter referred to as ‘the victim’) aged about nine years was missing since 6 pm and that the appellant, his neighbour had sent the victim to get a bidi from a kirana shop but the victim never returned back. Pursuant to this reporting, FIR No.38 of 2013 was registered on 30.01.2013 with Police Station Chaigaon Makhan, Khandwa for offences under Sections 363, 366 of the Indian Penal Code.1860 (‘IPC’, for short) against the appellant.

(B) The body of the victim was found in an open field on 01.02.2013.

(C) The appellant was arrested on 04.02.2013, and after completion of investigation charge-sheet was filed on 13.02.2013 in the concerned court and the case was co