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Patan Jamal Vali v. The State of Andhra Pradesh

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Reported as [2021] 3 S.C.R. 470
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M R Shah JJ.
Decided 27 April 2021

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the evidence in the present case does not establish that the offence in the present case was committed on the ground that such person is a member of a SC or ST. The conviction under Section 3(2)(v) would consequently have to be set aside.

Judgment, page 48

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s. 376 – Offence of rape – Prosecution case that app ellant committed rape of a blind Scheduled Caste woman in her own house – Appellant known to the victim and her family – Mot her and her sons found the victim in nude condition, bleeding from her genita ls – Appellant apprehended when trying to escape – Con viction of the appellant for offence punishable u/s. 3(2)(v) of the SC and ST Act and s. 376(1) by courts below – Imposition of life i mprisonment for each of the offences, which were to run concurrently – On appeal, held: Nature and circumstances in which the offence

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