Supreme Court of India

State of Himachal Pradesh v. Sanjay Kumar @ Sunny

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Reported as [2016] 9 S.C.R. 237
Bench A.K. Sikri J.
Decided 15 December 2016

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that none of the grounds, on which the High Court STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH v.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss.376(2)(j), 506 - Rape of 9 years old girl - Respondent-accused paternal uncle of the prosecutrix - Incident not disclosed by prosecutrix to anyone - Fact of rape came to knowledge of mother 3 years after the incident when she complained of stomach ache and was shown to the gynecologist - Reporting to police thereafter - Conviction ulss.376(2)(j), 506 by trial court based on testimony ofprosecutrix, her mother and medical evidence - Acquittal by High Court - States appeal against acquittal - Held: The version of prosecution and her mother was in sync with each other - High

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