Supreme Court of India

Selvamani v. The State Rep. by the Inspector of Police

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Reported as [2024] 6 S.C.R. 653
Bench B.R. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 8 May 2024

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Judgment, page 10

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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,

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