Supreme Court of India
Nehru @ Jawahar v. State of Chhattisgarh
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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 376 - Rape - Conviction by Courts below - Plea of inconsistency in prosecution version c and consent by the victim - Held: In view of the records of the case no inconsistency found - Statement of the victim does not disclose her consent - Conviction justified. Appellant-accused was tried u/s 376 IPC. Accused took the plea that the prosecutrix consented to the act. Prosecutrix told her age to be 14 years. In her statement she narrated how she struggled to free herself from the accused. Trial Court found her age to be around 16 years, but found absence of consent and
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