Supreme Court of India

Ms.s v. Sunil Kumar & Anr.

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Reported as [2015] 5 S.C.R. 274
Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 10 April 2015

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We hold that the case against C Respondent No.1 stands proved.

Judgment, page 9

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Penal Code, 1860: s.376(2)(f) - Rape - Trial Court recorded finding that statements of prosecution witnesses established the fact that prosecutrix was subjected to rape, o however the prosecution witnesses failed to identify respondent no. 1 -Although prosecutrix identified accused­ respondent in court, trial court observed that in the absence of any prior test identification parade, such identification in court for the first time was not sufficient and acquitted accused- respondent - Held: Normally identification of the accused in a test identification parade lends assurance so that the

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