Supreme Court of India

Md. Kalam v. The State of Bihar

Neutral citation
Reported as [2008] 9 S.C.R. 1158
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and P.P. Naolekar JJ.
Decided 13 June 2008

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s. 376 r/w s. 511 - Rape - Of minor - Evidence of the victim - Appreciation of - Allegation that Ap- e pellant took PW6, a 6 year old girl, to a lonely place and raped her - Courts below relied on evidence of PW6 and her mother to hold Appellant guilty - Conviction challenged on ground that evidence of PW6 should not have been accepted, par­ ticularly in absence of any corroboration - Held: Evidence of 0 PW6 was cogent, credible and free from any influence - Cor­ roboration from statement of PW6 to her mother immediately after the incident - Hence, conviction of Appellant

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.