Supreme Court of India
Murugan @ Settu v. State of Tamil Nadu
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In view of the above, we do not see any reason to hold that prosecutrix, Shankari (PW.4) was major on the date of incident and in view thereof, no other issue is required to be considered.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860- ss. 366, 376 ands. 363 rlw s. 109- Punishment for kidnapping and rape - 1 allegedly kidnapped PW 4, compelled her to marry him and raped her - A2 and A3 were allegedly involved in compelling PW 4 to get married to 1 - Concurrent findings by the courts below that PW 4 was minor on the date of the incident - Trial court . ' convicted 1 u/ss. 366 and 376 and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for 3 and 7 years; and A2 and A3 u/s. 3661109 and sentenced them to 3 years rigorous imprisonment each - High Court upheld conviction and sentence of 1, however, modified that of A2
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