Supreme Court of India
State of Rajasthan v. Om Prakash
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For the aforesaid reasons, we allow the appeal and set aside the judgment of the High Court and restore that of the trial court.
Judgment, page 11
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Penal Code: Section 376: Rape of a minor girl-Conviction of accused-Held, the cases involving sexual molestation and assault requires a sensitive approach different from the approach the Court may adopt in dealing with normal offence-Sole testimony of rape victim is sufficient to convict the accused Evidence Act : Non-examination of independent witnesses-Non-examination of Lady doctor who conducted medical examination of the victim-Effect of-Held, ideally doctor should be examined but non-examination does not destroy the prosecution case which otherwise stands proved. Rape-Injury on the
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- 2022 Nawabuddin v. State of Uttarakhand
- 2019 Digamber Vaishnav & Anr. v. State of Chhattisgarh Criminal Appeal Nos. 428-430 of 2019 March 05, 2019
- 2025 State of Rajasthan v. Chatra
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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