Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 633 · Decided 16 September 2014
Munna v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 633 · [2014] 7 S.C.R. 822
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2358/2010
- Decided
- 16 September 2014
- Bench
- V. GOPALA GOWDA, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 450; Evidence Act Section 114A
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 376 - Rape - Allegation of rape C committed on knife point - Conviction u/s.376 - Held: The testimony of prosecutrix is almost at par with an injured witness and can be acted upon without corroboration - However, if the testimony has inherent infirmities creating doubt about - D In the instant case, the circumstances taken as a whole created doubt about the correctness of the prosecution version, therefore, appellant held entitled to benefit of doubt and acquitted of charge of rape - Evidence Act - s. 114A. E The prosecution case was that on the fateful day, the
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