Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 152 · Decided 14 August 1980
Rafiq v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 152 · [1981] 1 S.C.R. 402
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 950/1980
- Decided
- 14 August 1980
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Constitution of India 1950 Art. 136--Concurrent findings oi fact-Appeal by special leave against conviction for rape by Lower Courts-Supreme Court when would interfere. Indian Penal Code 1860, s. 376-Evidence and proof-Absence 01 m111rie$ on prosecutrix-Whether fatal to the prosecution-Testimony on the charge of committing rape on a middl• aged Bal Sewika in a village welfare organisation who was sleeping in a girls school. The trial Court imposed a sentence of 7 years' rigorous imprisonment. The High Court, confirmed the conviction and sentence. In the Special Leavi: Petition
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