(1.) THIS appeal has been preferred against the judgment dated 7 -9 -1994 passed by Third Additional Sessions Judge, Rewa in S.T. No. 166/1993, whereby the appellant was convicted under Section 376 of the IPC and sentenced to undergo RI for 7 years and to pay fine of Rs. 500/ - and in default, to suffer SI for 15 days.
(2.) THE prosecution story, in short, may be narrated as under:
(3.) TO bring home the charge, the prosecution examined as many as 12 witnesses including the prosecutrix, her cousin Sunita, mother Shyamwati, Jagwanshi and the medical experts. No evidence was led in defence. Upon a critical appraisal of the entire evidence on record, learned Trial Judge, for the reasons assigned in the impugned judgment, concluded that the charge of rape was proved beyond a reasonable doubt. He, accordingly, convicted the appellant and sentenced him as indicated hereinabove.