Supreme Court of India

Rafiq v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [1981] 1 S.C.R. 402
Decided 14 August 1980

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Constitution of India 1950 Art. 136--Concurrent findings oi fact-Appeal by special leave against conviction for rape by Lower Courts-Supreme Court when would interfere. Indian Penal Code 1860, s. 376-Evidence and proof-Absence 01 m111rie$ on prosecutrix-Whether fatal to the prosecution-Testimony of prosecutri:X­ Corroboration whether necessary. The petitioner was convicted on the charge of committing rape on a middl• aged Bal Sewika in a village welfare organisation who was sleeping in a girls school. The trial Court imposed a sentence of 7 years' rigorous imprisonment. The High Court,

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