Supreme Court of India

Sta Te of Chhattisgarh v. Lekhram

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Reported as [2006] 3 S.C.R. 826
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 5 April 2006

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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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