Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 322 · Decided 7 August 2012
Rai Sandeep @ Deepu v. State of NCT of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 322 · [2012] 6 S.C.R. 1153
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2486/2009
- Decided
- 7 August 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(g)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.376(2)(g) - Gang rape - Evidence of prosecutrix- Two accused-appellants convicted and sentenced by courts below - Held: Apart from a total variation in the version of the prosecutrix as stated in the complaint, and as deposed before A B c the court, the other her niece and 0 nephew, did not support the story of the prosecution - Further, there is a total somersault in her cross-examination - There are prevaricating statements of the prosecutrix herself Jn the implication of the accused to the alleged offence of gang rape - There are material
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