The sole accused in C.C.No.28 of 2002 on the file of the court of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Salur, was prosecuted and tried for the offences under Sections 292, 294 IPC and also under Sections 3 and 4 of Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1996 (for short ‘the Act’). After conclusion of the trial, the trial Court had found the accused guilty for the offence under Section 292 (2) (a) IPC while acquitting him for the offence under Section 294 IPC and also for the offences under Sections 3 and 4 of the Act and accordingly he was convicted and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/-, in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for two months, by the trial Court by its judgment dated 19.7.2003. Aggrieved by the said judgment of conviction as passed by the trial Court, the accused preferred Criminal Appeal No.85 of 2003 on the file of the court of II Additional Sessions Judge, (FTC), Parvathipuram and the said Court after considering the material on record and after hearing both sides, had dismissed the appeal by its judgment dated 3.2.2005 confirming the conviction and sentence imposed by the trial Court on the accused.
