Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 667 · Decided 1 August 2018
DR. SR. Tessy Jose and Others v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 667 · [2018] 9 S.C.R. 479
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 961/2018
- Decided
- 1 August 2018
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 201; POCSO Act Section 19(1), 21(1)
Headnote
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 - s.19(1) r/w. s.21(1) - Prosecution case was that victim was raped when she was minor - As a result, she became pregnant and thereafter delivered a child in hospital - A case was registered against the appellants u/s. Appellant nos. 1 & 2 were medical practitioners and appellant no.3 was a Hospital administrative - Allegation was that when victim was brought to the hospital her age was recorded as 18 years and appellants ought to have gathered that at the time of conception she was less than 18
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