Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 861 · Decided 16 July 2025
Jai Prakash v. State of Uttarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 861 · [2025] 8 S.C.R. 243
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 331/2022
- Decided
- 16 July 2025
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SANJAY KAROL, SANDEEP MEHTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 377, 302; POCSO Act Section 5, 6
Headnote
243 : 2025 INSC 861 Jai Prakash v. State of Uttarakhand (Criminal Appeal No(s). 331-332 of 2022) 16 July 2025 [Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol* and Sandeep Mehta JJ.] Issue for Consideration Allegation against the appellant herein that he committed a forceful rape and strangulated a 10 year old girl are sustainable in law or not. Penal Code, 1860 - ss.376, 377, 302 - Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 - ss.5, 6 - Allegation against the appellant that he lured innocent children to his dwelling, took his pick from them and let
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