Supreme Court of India
Sta Te of Chhattisgarh v. Lekhram
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that 832 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2006] 3 S.C.R. A the interest of justice would be met if the Respondent is directed to be sentenced to the period already undergone by him.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 366 and 376/Jndian Evidence Act; S. 35: Abduction and rape of a minor married woman by the accused-Age of prosecutrix-Proof of-Entry in the School register-Admissibility in evidence-Held: register maintained in a School is admissible in evidence to prove date of birth of a person-Though an entry in the register is not conclusive proof of date of birth of the student bu1 it has evidentiary value Since entries in the register and statement of father of the prosecutrix corroborated by other witnesses, there was no reason for disbelieving the same by the.High Court-Hence,
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 2 mentioned
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