Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 434 · Decided 4 July 2013
Ganga Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 434 · [2013] 8 S.C.R. 400
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1118/2004
- Decided
- 4 July 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376; Evidence Act Section 157, 118, 146
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 376 - Rape - Prosecution for - Acquittal of accused by trial court on the ground that sexual c intercourse was with the consent of the prosecutrix - Convicted by High Court - Held: Evidence of the. prosecutrix is reliable - The same is corroborated by evidence of PW2, the FIR proved beyond reasonable doubt - Accused is liable to be convicted - D Evidence Act, 1872 - s. 157. Evidence - Evidence of prosecutrix - Nature and evidentiary value of - Held: Prosecutrix is a competent witness uls. 118 of Evidence Act - Prosecutrix is a victim and not an accomplice - Therefore
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