Supreme Court of India

Kaini Rajan v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2013] 10 S.C.R. 196
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri JJ.
Decided 19 September 2013

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Penal Code, 1860 - s.376 - Rape - Allegation that appellant raped PW2 - PW2 had previous acquaintance with appellant, he being her elder brother's friend - Conviction of appellant by Courts below - Propriety - Held: The alleged incident occurred early morning at 8.30 AM and the place of the alleged incident was on the side of a public road - If PW2 had made any semblance of resistance or made any hue and cry it would have attracted large number of people from the locality - Further the FIR was lodged 10 months after the alleged incident- All these factors cast some shadow of doubt on the

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