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
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