Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 227 · Decided 28 March 2014
In Re: Gang Rape on Orders of Community Panchayat v. In Re: Gang Rape on Orders of Community Panchayat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 227 · [2014] 4 S.C.R. 264
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 24/2014
- Decided
- 28 March 2014
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, S.A. BOBDE, N.V. RAMANA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 326A, 376, 376A, 3768, 376C, 376D, 376E; CrPC Section 154; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
CRIME AGAINST WOMEN: C Gang rape of 20 year old woman in a village of West Bengal on the orders of the Community Panchayat as a punishment for having relationship with a man from a different community - Suo motu action by Supreme Court - Held: Violence against women is the globe 0 and India is no exception in this regard - The case at hand is the epitome of aggression against a woman and it is shocking that even with rapid modernization such crime persists in Indian society - The State Police Machinery could have prevented the said occurrence - The State
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