Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 585 · Decided 22 June 2023
Davinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 585 · [2023] 10 S.C.R. 986
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 12/2015
- Decided
- 22 June 2023
- Bench
- SURYA KANT, M.M. SUNDRESH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 452, 506
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 376, 452 and 506 - Acquittal under - Allegation that appellant committed offence against the prosecutrix (PW-6) u/s. 376 at her residence - The appellant-accused was charged and convicted u/ss. 376, 452 and 506 by the Trial Court and the same was On appeal, held: There was delay in filing complaint - There was no attempt to recover the knife from the appellant as it is a specific case of the prosecution that he committed the offence by threatening to harm the prosecutrix - There was no reason as to non-examination of the sole
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