her mother (PW-2) and aunt (PW-3) 3and later during the same day, she got the FIR registered. 2.3 At the conclusion of the investigation, a charge-sheet came to be filed by the I.O. in the Court of Vanianpadi Judicial Magistrate. Since the offence charged against the accused persons was triable only by the Court of Sessions, the case was committed to the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Vellore, and the same was made over to the learned trial court, for disposal. 2.4 Charges were framed by the trial court under Sections 376(2)(g) and 506(1) of IPC and Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prevention of Women Harassment Act. 2.5 The accused persons pleaded not guilty and claimed to be tried. To bring home the guilt of the accused, the prosecution examined fourteen (14) witnesses, twenty-five (25) exhibits were marked along with two (2) material objects. The defence of the accused was that they had been falsely implicated. At the conclusion of the trial, the trial court found that the