Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 487 · Decided 23 July 2013
Mahadeo S/O Kerba Maske v. State of Maharashtra and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 487 · [2013] 17 S.C.R. 667
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 6/2010
- Decided
- 23 July 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 363, 376, 506; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 363 and 376 - Kidnapping and rape - Of a girl abqut 15 years of age - Conviction by courts below concluding that prosecutrix was aged below 18 years - C Held: In view of the version of the prosecutrix, which was fully supported by chemical analyst report as well appellant rightly convicted - Conviction upheld. Criminal Trial - Rape case - Determination of age of o prosecutrix - Opinion of doctor as regards age of prosecutrix - Cannot be relied on if such opinion is formed without scientific examination of prosecutrix such as ossification test -
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