Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 585 · Decided 5 July 2018
Lalit Yadav v. The State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 585 · [2018] 10 S.C.R. 771
- Case number
- TRANSFER PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 5631/2018
- Decided
- 5 July 2018
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 228, 342
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.228-A - Disclosure of identity of the victim of rape - In the instant case, the victim of rape (PW-2) was named throughout in the record - Such course is inconsistent with s.228-A though Explanation makes an exception in favour of judgments of superior the courts not to disclose the identity of the victim in terms of s.228-A - The Registry of the High Court is directed to place the record of the appeal in the High Court for causing appropriate changes in the record including passing appropriate practice directions so that the trial courts
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