Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 812 · Decided 1 December 2021
Phool Singh v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 812 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 317
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1520/2021
- Decided
- 1 December 2021
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, SANJIV KHANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.376 - Rape - Prosecution case that when the husband of the victim/prosecutrix was in another village and she was alone and sleeping in her room, the accused jumped the wall, entered into the room of the prosecutrix and raped her - As per the case of the but they did not believe her - On the contrary, she was beaten - Thereafter, she was compelled to go to her parental house - FIR was registered - The trial Court convicted the accused for the offence u/s. 376 IPC and sentenced the appellant to undergo 7 years
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