Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 606 · Decided 13 August 1997
Prahlad Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 606 · [1997] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 427
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 51/1993
- Decided
- 13 August 1997
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376
Headnote
Criminal Law-Indian Penal Code--S. 376-Rape of a minor girl-Ac­ quittal by Sessions Court-Reversed by High Court-Held, the High Court can A B not inteifere on mere ·sunnises and conjectures unless there is an acceptable C evidence-Conviction set aside. The Appellant was charged for an and her parents, though held that the victim had been raped on the said date, yet could not find any reliable evidence as regards the involve- D ment of the Appellant and acquitted him. On Appeal by the prosecution, the High Court reversed the finding and convicted the Appellant, relying upon
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