Supreme Court of India

State of Himachal Pradesh v. Mango Ram

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Reported as [2000] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 626
Bench Dr. A.S. Anand, R.C. Lahoti and K.G. Balakrishnan JJ.
Decided 24 August 2000

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What the Court ordered

We hold that sentence already undergone by the accused would be sufficient to meet the ends of justice, and we do according! y.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

c Penal Code, 1860-Sections 375 and 376-Rape-Proof of o.lfence­ Consent for sexual act-Held, the offence is committed; submission under fear o.f terror cannot be construed as a consented sexual act. Respondent-accused, aged about 17 years, committed rape of his niece, a minor girl. The girl told her father about the incident, who re­ ported the matter to the police. The accused was arrested. Trial Court acquitted the accused on the ground that the offence of rape had not been established by the prosecution; that she was above the age of 16 years; and that there was consent by her for the

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Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to

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