Supreme Court of India
Shyam Narain v. The State of Nct of Delhi
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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 376(2)(f) - Rape of a girl aged 8 years - Conviction and sentence of life imprisonment by courts below - Held: Evidence of prosecutrix and that of the doctor medical evidence and conduct of the accused prove the commission of rape by the accused - Therefore, conviction and sentence upheld. Sentence/Sentencing - Sentence for the offence of rape - Principle of proportionality between the offence committed and the penalty imposed, are to be kept in view - In the present case, in view of the manner in which the offence was committed, it demands just punishment - Accused not
Authorities it was built on
- 1992 Madan Gopal Kakkad v. Naval Dubey and Anr.
- 1996 The State of Punjab v. Gurmit Singh Anr Ors.
- 2006 Shailesh Jasvantbhai and Anr. v. State of Gujarat and Ors.
- 2009 Jameel v. State of U.P.
- 2000 State of Karnataka v. Krishnappa
- 2007 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Babulal
- 2012 Jugendra Singh v. State of U.P.
- 1995 State of Andhra Pradesh v. Bodem Sundara Rao
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Jaswinder Singh (dead) through Legal Representative v. Navjot Singh Sidhu & Ors.
- 2017 Ravada Sasikala v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.
- 2015 State of M.P. v. Madan Lal
- 2015 State of Punjab v. Saurabh Bakshi
Of those, 4 referred to
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