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The appellant stood charged for the offences punishable under Section 448 IPC and Section 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (in short POCSO Act) in S.C.No.56 of 2015. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

2. The learned Trial Court Judge, after full trial, convicted and sentenced the appellant, vide her judgment dated 20.01.2017, as detailed hereunder. 

                                    Conviction                              Sentence
                      Section 448 IPC                     Rigorous Imprisonment for six months.
                      Section 10 of Protection of         Rigorous Imprisonment for seven years
                      Children from Sexual                and a fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default, to
                      Offences Act, 2012                  undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for six
                                                          months.
3.5 The victim girl was produced before Thiru.Sivasubramaniam (P.W.6), the then XIII Metropolitan Magistrate, Chennai for recording her statement under Section 164 Cr.P.C. P.W.6 after observing necessary legal formalities recorded the statement of the victim child under Section 164 Cr.P.C.

https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis 3.6 P.W.8 after completing investigation, laid a final report before the Mahila Court, Chennai in S.C.No.56/2015 against the appellant for the offences punishable under Section 448 IPC and Section 10 of POCSO Act.

6. The appellant, has not adduced any evidence to rebut the presumption and all his answers to 313 Cr.P.C., were of simple denial. There is nothing on record to conclude that the victim child was tutored as she has understood the testimony of cross examination.

7. The Trial Court had in fact by a well reasoned order convicted the appellant for the offences punishable under Section 448 IPC and Section 10 of POCSO Act and had shown leniency while sentencing him. Therefore I did not see any reason to interfere with the conviction and sentenced passed by the Trial Court Judge.