(1.) The present appeal assails the judgment dated 16th December, 2013 and the order on sentence dated 20th December, 2013, rendered by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Dwarka Courts, New Delhi, in Sessions Case No. 94/13, arising out of FIR No. 102/2012, Police Station-Palam Village, whereby, the appellant was convicted for the commission of offences under Sections 363/376(2)(f)/457 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as 'IPC' and sentenced to undergo as under:-
(2.) The facts, as are necessary for the adjudication of the present appeal, are adumbrated as follows:-
(3.) It was the case of the prosecution that the appellant made a disclosure statement (Ex.12/C), admitting his involvement in the offence, and pointing out the spot where the incident had occurred, and leading the police to the spot from where the iron rod (Ex.Pw7/C), with which he had broken open the lock of the door of the complainant's accommodation, was recovered. The disclosure statement also led to the recovery of the clothes, with which the appellant had wiped out his body and that of the prosecutrix, after the commission of the crime, which was duly seized by the Investigating Officer. The appellant was thereafter got medically examined and the exhibits given by the doctor, in relation to him, were seized. All the exhibits of the case were sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory (for short 'FSL') for forensic examination; and the case file subsequent upon the investigation, was handed over to WSI Kusum Lata, PW-17, who prepared the charge-sheet and submitted the same to the concerned Magistrate.