Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 898 · Decided 3 January 2014
Hem Raj S/O. Moti Ram v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 898 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 9
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 9/2014
- Decided
- 3 January 2014
- Bench
- RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 450
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: c s. 376 - Rape - Held: In a case involving charge of rape, evidence of prosecutrix is most vital and is on par with evidence of an injured witness - If it is found credible and inspires total confidence, it can be relied upon even sans corroboration - Court may, however, if it D implicit reliance on it, look into other evidence to lend assurance to it short of corroboration required in the case of an accomplice - Evidence - Evidentiary value of evidence of prosecutrix . . ss. 376 and 450 - Accused alleged to have jumped into E the courtyard of prosecutrix in the night
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