Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 753 · Decided 13 June 2008
MD. Kalam v. The State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 753 · [2008] 9 S.C.R. 1158
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 239/2002
- Decided
- 13 June 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 511, 376(2)(f)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 376 r/w s. 511 - Rape - Of minor - Evidence of the victim - Appreciation of - Allegation that Ap- e pellant took PW6, a 6 year old girl, to a lonely place and raped her - Courts below relied on evidence of PW6 and her mother to hold Appellant guilty - Conviction challenged on been accepted, par­ ticularly in absence of any corroboration - Held: Evidence of 0 PW6 was cogent, credible and free from any influence - Cor­ roboration from statement of PW6 to her mother immediately after the incident - Hence, conviction of Appellant justified - 5 years' custodial
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