Supreme Court of India

Phool Singh v. The State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2021] 9 S.C.R. 317
Bench M.R. Shah and Sanjiv Khanna JJ.
Decided 1 December 2021

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Penal Code, 1860 – s.376 – Rape – Prosecution case that when the husband of the victim/prosecutrix was in anot her village and she was alone and sleeping in her room, the accuse d jumped the wall, entered into the room of the prosecutrix and rap ed her – As per the case of the prosecutrix, she narrated the inci dent to her sister-in-law and mother-in-law but they did not belie ve her – On the contrary, she was beaten – Thereafter, she was compel led to go to her parental house – FIR was registered – The tr ial Court convicted the accused for the offence u/s. 376 IPC and sentenced the

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