Supreme Court of India
Selvamani v. The State Rep. by the Inspector of Police
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Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Appellant was one of the five accused persons who were found guilty of committing the offence of gang rape and was convicted under Section 376(g) and 506(1) of Penal Code, 1860 and Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act by the trial court. Whether High Court was justified in dismissing the appeal filed by the Appellant against the conviction when prosecutrix and witnesses turned hostile at the cross examination stage. Headnotes Conviction upheld even when prosecutrix and other witnesses turned hostile – Correctness of: Held: In the present case,
Authorities it was built on
- 1983 Bharwada Bhoginbhai Hirjibhai v. State of Gujarat
- 2010 C. Muniappan & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 1991 Khujji@surendra Tiwari v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2015 Vinod Kumar v. State of Punjab
- 2009 Prithu @ Prithi Chand and Anr. v. State of H.P.
- 1975 Bhagwan Singh v. The State of Haryana
- 1979 Syad Akbar v. State of Karnataka
- 1976 Rabindra Kumar Dey v. State of Orissa
- 2012 Rai Sandeep @ Deepu v. State of Nct of Delhi
- 2022 Rajesh Yadav & Anr v. State of U.P.
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