Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh v. Preetam

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Reported as [2018] 10 S.C.R. 627
Bench R. Banumathi and Vineet Saran JJ.
Decided 29 August 2018

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Penal Code, 1860 – s.376– Prosecutrix raped by respondent- accused– Trial court convicted the respondent– High Court rev ersed the conviction and acquitted the respondent– On app eal, held: In the present case evidence of prosecutrix (PW-1) is supported by medical evidence and also by the evidence of PW-4, wh o saw the accused running away from the scene of occurrence– Delay in registration of .I.R. was properly explained– This was not considered by High Court– Judgment of High Court se t aside and that of trial court convicting the respondent restored – However, in the instant case, the

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