Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 503 · Decided 9 April 2019
Anurag Soni v. State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 503 · [2019] 6 S.C.R. 972
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 629/2019
- Decided
- 9 April 2019
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 90, 375, 376; Evidence Act Section 114
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.90, 375 and 376 - Prosecution case that the prosecutrix was familiar with the accused-appellant since 2009 and there was love affair between them - Appellant established physical relation with her on the pretext of marrying her, however after and her family members in dark for about two months, the appellant refused to marry the prosecutrix and performed marriage with another girl - Sessions Court convicted the appellant for the offence u/s. 376, IPC - High Court confirmed the judgment - On appeal, held:
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