Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 130 · Decided 28 February 2006
Dinesh @ Buddha v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 130 · [2006] 2 S.C.R. 793
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 263/2006
- Decided
- 28 February 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(j), 228, 376(2), 376(2)(t); Constitution Article 21; SC/ST Act Section 3(2)(v)
Headnote
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989-Section 3(2)(v)-Applicabildy of-Rape of eight year old Scheduled Caste (SC) girl-No evidence that rape was committed on the victim since she A B was a member of the SC-Held, s. 3(2)(v) of the Atrocities Act not Atrocities Act reduced to JO years imprisonment-Crime against Women-Penal Code, 1860-Section 376(2)(j). Penal Code, 1860: Section 228-Enactment of-Object-To prevent social victimization or ostracism of the victim of sexual offence-Hence, it would be appropriate that in the judgments, be it of
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