Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 438 · Decided 4 July 2013
Charanjit & ORS. v. State of Punjab & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 438 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 688
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 232/2007
- Decided
- 4 July 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 323134, 504134, 376(2)(a), 376(2)(g), 323, 34, 504, 342; Evidence Act Section 145; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.323134, 504134, 376(2)(a) and 376(2)(g) - Appellant-police officials picked up PW3 for C interrogation and detained her in the police station at night, and then tortured and raped her - PW3 was released only on the next day when the village panchayat intervened - Conviction - Held: Justified - Testimony of PW-3 was corroborated by the o evidence of her husband (PW-1) and neighbor (PW-2) - Appellants failed to produce relevant records in defence - Statement made by PW3 in inquiry conducted by Superintendent of Police cannot be used to contradict her evidence
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