Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 595 · Decided 13 December 2012
Radhakrishna Nagesh v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 595 · [2012] 11 S.C.R. 1114
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1707/2009
- Decided
- 13 December 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(f), 363, 376
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.376(2)(f) and 363 - Rape - Of minor girl - Conviction of accused-appellant - Challenge to C - Plea of accused that serious contradictions between ocular and medical evidence materially affected the case of the prosecution - Held: Not tenable - In order to establish conflict evidence and the medical evidence, there has to be specific and material contradictions - Absence of D injuries on the body of the victim girl (PW2) not of any advantage to the accused - Absence of injuries on her back and neck can be safely explained by the fact that she was lured into the
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