mother of the child had worked as a nursery teacher in the school for the period from 2008 to July 2013. She contended that her mother was accommodated in the residential home of the petitioner. It is alleged that the petitioner subjected the mother of the child to rape on various occasions. The mother became pregnant. In the meanwhile, her marriage was fixed with a certain Sibi, and the betrothal ceremony was held on 24.8.2013. Even thereafter, the petitioner continued to subject her mother to rape. Later, her mother married the aforesaid Sibi after about one month of the betrothal ceremony. Immediately after marriage, the mother of the child showed signs of pregnancy and when she was taken to the hospital, it was revealed that she was 5 ½ months pregnant. The child’s mother was abandoned by her husband. Immediately thereafter, the mother of the child approached the police and lodged a complaint levelling allegations of rape and based on the same, Crime No.548 of 2013 of the Irikkur Police Station was registered inter alia under Section 376 of the IPC. Investigation was conducted and the case was taken cognizance by the Fast Track Special Court, Thaliparamba and the same was numbered was S.C.No. 318 of 2015 on
