Supreme Court of India

State of Himachal Pradesh v. Gian Chand

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Reported as [2001] 3 S.C.R. 247

Bench Dr. A.S. Anand, R.C. Lahoti and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.

Decided 1 May 2001

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Penal Code, 1860-Section 376-Rape of minor girl by distant relation-High Court allowed the appeal of accused for delay in filing FIR Inconsistency regarding place of rape-Non examination of key witnesses- Presence of injury on the victim and on the accused-Held, on facts and material, accused is guilty of committing rape-Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 154. Accused respondent committed rape of a minor gili. Trial Court found the respondent guilty and sentenced him to imprisonment for 10 years and a fine of Rs. 5000. High Court allowed the appeal of the respondent-accused. In ap11eal

Authorities it was built on

1992 Madan Gopal Kakkad v. Naval Dubey and Anr. cited by 23

Where later benches applied it

2015 Raja @ Rajinder v. State of Haryana relied on
2015 Jodhan v. State of M.P. relied on
2013 Joginder Singh v. State of Haryana relied on
2013 Manjit Singh & Anr. v. State of Punjab & Anr. relied on
2013 Harivadan Babubhai Patel v. State of Gujarat relied on
2014 Deny Bora v. State of Assam referred to
2013 Kanhaiya Lal & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan referred to
2014 State of Rajasthan v. Roshan Khan & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 5 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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