Supreme Court of India

Raja and Others v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2016] 9 S.C.R. 615
Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitava Roy JJ.
Decided 4 October 2016

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss.376(g)/366/392 rlw. s.34 - Prosecutrix alleged gang rape by appellants - Inconsistencies in FIR and the deposition of prosecutrix - Appellants acquitted by trial court - Acquittal reversed by High Court - Appellants pleaded false implication as they declined to oblige the prosecutrix qua her de111and for financial help - On appeal, held: View taken by the trial court is overwhelmingly possible - In contrast, findings of High Court are decipherably strained in favour of the prosecution by overlooking many irreconcilable inconsistencies, anomalies and omissions rendering

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