(1.) NOTING that Mr. Sumeet Verma Advocate has been nominated by the Delhi High court Legal Services Committee to represent the appellant, we fix his fee at rs. 5,500/ -.
(2.) HEARD learned counsel for the parties.
(3.) VIDE impugned judgment and order dated 3. 2. 2004, the appellant has been convicted for the offence of having raped Kumari N on 4. 8. 2002 when her mother had awoken from the slumber and had gone inside the room leaving Kumari N sleeping on a cot in the verandah outside.