Supreme Court of India

Radhakrishna Nagesh v. State of Andhra Pradesh

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Reported as [2012] 11 S.C.R. 1114

Bench Swatanter .Kumar and Gyan Sudha Misra JJ.

Decided 13 December 2012

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss.376(2)(f) and 363 - Rape - Of minor girl - Conviction of accused-appellant - Challenge to - Plea of accused that serious contradictions between ocular and medical evidence materially affected the case of the prosecution - Held: Not tenable - In order to establish conflict between the ocular evidence and the medical evidence, there has to be specific and material contradictions - Absence of injuries on the body of the victim girl (PW2) not of any advantage to the accused - Absence of injuries on her back and neck can be safely explained by the fact that she was lured into

Authorities it was built on

2005 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Asha Ram cited by 3
2006 Tarakeshwar Sahu v. State of Bihar (now Jharkhand) cited by 2
2006 Guddu @ Santosh v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2015 Tomaso Bruno & Anr. v. State of U.P. referred to

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