Supreme Court of India
Sudhansu Sekhar Sahoo v. State of Orissa
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Penal Code, 1860-Sections 376 and 342-Rape and wrongful confinement-Past conduct of prosecutrix doubtful-Delay in filing FJR- Prosecution case not corroborated by medical evidence-Conviction by Courts below-On appeal, held-Though such delay in lodging FIR is not serious and past conduct of prosecutrix is irrelevent, but in the facts of the case these/actors cast a serious doubt on prosecution case-Accused entitled to benefit of doubt and hence acquilled Criminal trial-Rape cases-Sole evidence of prosecutrix-Reliability on-Held, conviction can be based solely on the evidence of the
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