Supreme Court of India

Sakshi v. Union of India

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 723

Bench Rajendra Babu and G.P. Mathur JJ.

Decided 26 May 2004

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Penal Code, 1860: Sections 354, 375, 376 & 277/Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Sections 273 & 327 Sexual violence against women and children-Writ Petition for enlargement of scope of Sections 3751376 !PC so as to include in it certain acts of sexual abuse against minor children/women-Held: statute enacting an offence and imposing a penalty therefor has to be strictly construed-An enactment is a penal provision that by itself is a reason for not ascribing to it a broader meaning than it would ordinarily bear. It is not appropriate to alter the definition of rape by way ofjudicial

Authorities it was built on

1997 Vishaka and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors. cited by 70
1958 Maktul v. Mst. Manbhari & Others cited by 7

Where later benches applied it

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2019 Atma Ram & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2018 Indore Development Authority v. Shailendra (dead) through Lrs. & Ors. relied on
2016 Ramesh and Others v. State of Haryana relied on
2025 Narayan Das v. State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2024 Sunita Devi v. The State of Bihar & Anr referred to
2024 Apoorva Arora & Anr. Etc. v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) & Anr. referred to
2023 Y. Balaji v. Karthik Desari & Anr. Etc. referred to
2021 Attorney General for India v. Satish and Another referred to
2021 Aparna Bhat & Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. referred to
2019 Dr. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India and Another referred to
2018 Mahender Chawla & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2018 Mallikarjun Kodagali (dead) Represented through Legal Representatives v. The State of Karnataka & Ors. referred to
2018 Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India Thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice referred to
2016 Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. not applicable

Of those, 6 relied on · 11 referred to · 1 not applicable

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