Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 816 · Decided 11 July 2008
Mahila Vinod Kumari v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 816 · [2008] 10 S.C.R. 869
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 4950/2008
- Decided
- 11 July 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 376(2)(9); CrPC Section 340, 3441, 344, 340(l), 340(1)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss. 340 & 3441 Penal Code, 1960: s. 376 Perjury - Petitioner lodging a report against two persons c for committing rape - Resiled from statement made during investigation - Acquitting accused persons trial Court directed to take cognizance against piosecutrix of the Code -Admission of guilt by petitioner - Trial Court found -~ 1 prosecutrix guilty of committing the offence of perjury, sen- D tenced her to undergo imprisonment for 3 months - Appeal dismissed by High Court - Correctvero of of - Held: Correct - The purpose of enacting S. 344 Cr. PC. is
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