Supreme Court of India

Rajesh Patel v. State of Jharkhand

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Reported as [2013] 2 S.C.R. 411
Bench Chandramauli Kr. Prasad and V. Gopala Gowda JJ.
Decided 15 March 2013

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For the aforesaid reasons the prosecution case is not natural, consistent and probable to believe to sustain the conviction and sentence of the appellant for the alleged offence D said to have committed by him. /.

Judgment, page 15

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PENAL CODE, 1860: c s.376 - Conviction by courts below - Held: In the instant case, prosecution version as narrated by prosecutrix, is most i:nprobable and unnatural - The witness who is stated to have rescued the prosecutrix from the place of occurrence and the employer of the prosecutrix did not support the prosecution 0 case - The doctor who medically examined the prosecutrix and the 10 were not examined - Courts below erred in holding that their non-examination did not prejudice the defence - Further, the inordinate delay of 11 days is fatal to prosecution case - The testimony of the

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