Supreme Court of India

Neku Khan & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2009] 1 S.C.R. 70
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.
Decided 7 January 2009

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Penal Code, 1860- ss.376, 147, 3231149, 342, 458 and c 366 - Rape and abduction - Five accused - Conviction of, on the ground that they assaulted the brother of prosecutrix, abducted the prosecutrix and thereafter accused no. 1 raped her - Appeal against conviction - Held: Plea that prosecutrix was married to accused no. 1 and therefore there was no rape or abduction cannot be accepted, as there was no evidence of marriage - Conviction of accused no. 1 thus upheld - Conviction of accused no.2 also upheld as his role was clearly established from evidence of prosecutrix and two other PWs -

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