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7. On the other hand, learned Government Pleader :

Supported the judgment and submitted tha t, When the.
victim, in categorical terms, has narrated the meident in for the offence punishable under Section '354 of IPC and ane itis supported by two eye Witnesses viz. PWs-S and 6.
their evidence is credible and reliable.
&. According to. the. evidence of Pw -4, she has stated that at 4 p.m., she was tn her land. At that time, accused came van d tried to molest by removing her blouse and saree." He also scratched on her face and other parts of her body, she fell down, the accused held her Heck and 'she suflered injury all over the body. She hed admitted in her examination-in-chief that she did "not protest. and she Had not stated that accused tried to kill her: The prosecution treated this witness as hostile and cross-examined, In the cross-examination, she has acimitted that the accused came and tried to molest her "by snatching the blouse and saree and scrat ching on her body. No doubt, in the cross-examination of the accused, she has admitted that the accused had behaved well and he never misbehaved with" her, however, the admission that the aceuised, "never -
G. No doubt, the victim has stated that there WHS enemity between PW-5S and accused and at the instance of SAT. th. at on a he dat te >of a :
of PW-5, she filed a complaint, but, it is in the evidence of PW-4 that after the incident. {, villagers told her io file a complaint and she Wied the same. That t dees.n rk ot vfiean » that no incident occurred, The. vietim was 38 years ond on the date of incident and shé. was alone in the Tand.. The evidence of the victim that the accused 'used force to molest her is cleay. and. "< 'andistent The Trial Court, on proper appreciation of he: evideiee, has held that the prosecution has. provéd-tlie: charge for the offence punishable u nd er Section : a84 G f IPC beyond reasonable doubt.
10. -Even if there are inconsistencies in the a evidence of victim. but as far as the incident is soincermeds hes < _evidenc é is clear and it is natural and her evidence. stands on higher priority when she herself has come before the Court and adduced thal the "accused tried to molest her. there is nothing to disbelieve her evidence, not on the ground that there was a friction between the accused and victim 8 days prior to the incident. In My opinion, the Trial Court has rightly convicted the accused for the offence punishable under Section 354 of IPC, t il. At this stage, learned counsel for the appellant ~ accused submitted that the ~appelan t is young-and is"