Supreme Court of India

Jai Prakash v. State of Uttarakhand

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 243
Bench Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 16 July 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we are not inclined to interfere with the findings of conviction concurrent in nature against the appellant.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Allegation against the appellant herein that he committed a forceful rape and strangulated a 10 year old girl child. The punishment handed down to the appellant by the Courts below was of death penalty. Whether the conviction and sentence imposed by the Trial Court, as affirmed by the High Court, are sustainable in law or not. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – ss.376, 377, 302 – Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – ss.5, 6 – Allegation against the appellant that he lured innocent children to his dwelling, took his pick from them and let others go – He

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