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41. Learned P.P. also relied another judgment of the Hon‟ble Apex Court in Nawabuddin versus State of Uttarkhand reported in (2022) 5 SCC 419 where the apex Court has held in respect of Section 6 of the POCSO Act which reads as under :

"22. In view of the above discussion the impugned judgment and order of Nawabuddin versus State of Uttarkhand, Criminal Appeal No.280 of 2018 dated 22.08.2019 passed by the High Court and the learned Special Court convicting the accused for the offences punishable under Sections 376(2)(i) of IPC and Section 5 of the POCSO Act and imposing the punishment under Section 6 of the POCSO Act is hereby upheld. The accused is rightly held guilty for the aforesaid offences.