ORDER 1. Leave granted. 2. Notice was issued limited to the quantum of sentence taking into consideration that the appellant was 22 years of age and there is no past history of any crime, sexual or otherwise. The jail conduct of the appellant has been good. 3. Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that he has already served seven years of sentence and thus prays for a sentence of period undergone. 4. We are unable to accept the same for the reason that the rape victim was a young child of three and a half years of age who fortunately survived on account of proper assistance being rendered to her. 5. In the conspectus of the aforesaid facts, we reduce the sentence to ten years rigorous imprisonment in place of life imprisonment but for actual period of said ten years to be undergone without remission. 6. The appeal accordingly stands allowed limited to the aforesaid extent.