that the complainant’s young sister is 14 years of age and therefore the complainant, who is older than her younger sister could not be 12 years of age. This piece of evidence is neither here nor there because it is only an allegation that the appellant has brought in court now. The court finds it difficult to accept that the appellant could have had these facts and chose to keep the evidence to himself, and instead admit the charge in the lower court. And even when the facts of the case were read out to him all he said was that he had agreed with the complainant that they would marry. I am of the view that this is only an attempt by the Appellant to delay or derail the justice system. The Appellant stated that the sentence was excessive. I looked at the facts of the case and notice that there are aggravating circumstances. The Appellant had sex with the complainant on several occasions and he threatened her not to reveal the matter to her parents. Who knows, may be the matter would have been addressed at a much earlier point if it were not for the fear of the complainant to report the same to her parents and may be the pregnancy could have been avoided. The medical report does show that there are risks accompanied with early pregnancies. The Appellant submitted in court that the girl gave birth without any complications contrary to the medical report. In my view this issue has not been properly proved. At the time that the Appellant 4

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