Supreme Court of India
Chaman Lal v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.378, 313 – Ap peal against acquittal – FIR lodged against appellant-accus ed alleging that when the prosecutrix used to go to jungle to graze g oats and cattle, appellant also used to come there and had sexual interc ourse with her forcibly – Trial Court acquitted the appellant for offences u/ss.376, 506, IPC on the grounds of delay in FIR a nd that the prosecutrix was not of unsound mind as alleged – Acquittal r eversed by High Court – Held: It has been proved that the prosecutr ix was mentally retarded and she was not in a position to und erstand the
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