Supreme Court of India

Tulshidas Kanolkar v. The State of Goa

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 978
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 27 October 2003

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860-Sections 376 and 506(2)-Rape-Mentally challenged victim-Delay in lodging FIR-Consent-Plea of Held, on facts, victim is totally unaware of dreadful consequences-Hence, there is no delay in lodging FIR-Mentally challenged victim cannot legally give consent to sexual intercourse Legislature advised to prescribe higher minimum sentence for rape of mentally challenged victim. Appellant accused committed rape of a mentally challenged victim·several times. The parents of the victim came to know of it on seeing the legs of the victim being swollen and signs of advanced stage of

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 2 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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