Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 272 · Decided 27 April 2021
Patan Jamal Vali v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 272 · [2021] 3 S.C.R. 470
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 452/2021
- Decided
- 27 April 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 376(1); SC/ST Act Section 3(2)(v)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 376 - Offence of rape - Prosecution case that appellant committed rape of a blind Scheduled Caste woman in her own house - Appellant known to the victim and her family - Mother and her sons found the victim in nude condition, bleeding from apprehended when trying to escape - Conviction of the appellant for offence punishable u/s. 3(2)(v) of the SC and ST Act and s. 376(1) by courts below - Imposition of life imprisonment for each of the offences, which were to run concurrently - On appeal, held: Nature and
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