Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra v. Chandraprakash Kewal Chand Jain

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Reported as [1990] 1 S.C.R. 115
Bench A.M. Ahmadi and M. Fathima Beevi JJ.
Decided 18 January 1990

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What the Court ordered

In the result we allow this appeal, set aside the order of the High .Court acquitting the respondent and restore the order of conviction and sentence passed on the respondent by the trial court.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Indian Evidence Act-Sections 39, 114, 118 and 133--Victim of sex offence-Victim of crime-Court to evaluate evidence so as to protect rights of women extent of corroboration needed-Notion that except in rarest of rare cases, the evidence of the prosecutrix cannot be accepted unless corroborated in material particulars erroneous. Indian Penal Code-Sections 376 and 342-Crime committed by persons in authority-Police officer-Court to give deterrent puniSh­ ment. c The respondent, a Sub-Inspector of police, was convicted under section 376 .of I.P. . for having committed rape on a young newly

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Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to · 18 mentioned

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