Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 423 · Decided 23 July 2010
National Commission of Women v. State of Delhi & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 423 · [2010] 10 S.C.R. 905
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 2506/2009
- Decided
- 23 July 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 306; CrPC Section 377, 376; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: . A B c s. 376 - A girl of 21 years subjected to sexual intercourse with the false promise of marriage - The girl committed suicide - Trial court convicting the accused u/s 306 with 10 years RI and uls 376 with life imprisonment - Acquittal by High Court punishable uls 306 and reduction 0 of sentence u/s 376 to the period already undergone viz. about. 5 years and six months - Special .leave petition filed by National Commission for Women challenging reduction of sentence u/s 376 - HELD: Sub-s.(1) of s.376 provides for imposition of a sentence of
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