Supreme Court of India

Vinod Kumar v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2014] 4 S.C.R. 752
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Vikramajit Sen JJ.
Decided 4 April 2014

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PENAL CODE, 1860: s. 376 - Rape - Consent - Consensual sexual relationship - Allegation against appellant that he entered into marital relations with the prosecutrix without disclosing to her the fact of his being already married - Defence case that the prosecutrix was well aware that the appellant was married and, still persuaded appellant for registration of marriage - Trial court convicted u/s.376 - High Court though noted that friendship between the coup/~ strengthened into close acquaintance· and eventually leading them to elope, still convicted the appellant and treated prosecutrix as

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