Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 76 · Decided 27 January 2011
Ashok Surajlal Ulke v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 76 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 246
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 251/2006
- Decided
- 27 January 2011
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 354
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.376 - Rape - Accused-teacher C committing rape on 15 year old girl - Conviction u/s.376 - Challenged on the ground that the FIR was filed three days after the alleged incident and the medical evidence did not support the commission of rape - Held: In a case of rape, the fact lodged after a little delay is of very D little significance - An allegation of rape, and that too of a young child 15 years of age, is a matter of shame for the entire family and in many such cases the parents or even the prosecutrix are reluctant to go to the police to lodge a report and it is
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