Supreme Court of India
Asharfi v. State of Uttar Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
In the result, the conviction of the appellant under Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and the sentence of life imprisonment imposed upon him are set aside and the appeal is partly allowed.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.376(2)(g), 450 and 323 - Conviction under - By courts below - Relying on evidence of prosecutrix, another witness and medical evidence - Accused sentenced to 10 years RI with fine - On appeal, held: There is no perversity with respect to conviction and sentence - Conviction affirmed. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989: s.3(2)(v) (as prior to Amendment Act 1 of 2016) - Conviction under.:.. By courts below - On appeal, held: Unamended s. 3(2)(v) can be pressed into service only if it is proved that the offence under the provisions of
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Raju @ Umakant v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2021 Patan Jamal Vali v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
Of those, 2 referred to
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