Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 259 · Decided 16 April 2013
Dilip v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 259 · [2013] 2 S.C.R. 957
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1156/2010
- Decided
- 16 April 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 450
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: ss. 376 and 450 - Rape of a minor girl - Acquittal by trial court holding that prosecutrix was not below 16 years of age and it was a case of consent- Conviction by High Court with A B c 7 years RI - Held: Evidence of father of prosecutrix, doctor who medically examined and and school D register clearly establish the age of prosecutrix to be 14 years at the time of occurrence - Besides, doctor found that prosecutrix had only 28 teeth, 14 in each jaw, which further indicates that she was 14 years of age - Therefore, question of consent becomes totally irrelevant-
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