Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1219 · Decided 4 December 2007
Rajendra Datta Zarekar v. State of Goa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1219 · [2007] 12 S.C.R. 840
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 32/2007
- Decided
- 4 December 2007
- Bench
- G.P. MATHUR, G.S. SINGHVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 342, 376, 376(2)(f), 375, 376(2)(t)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: C ss. 375, 376(2)(f) and 342-Rape of minor girl-Held: To constitute offence of rape, partial penetration or even attempt at penetration is sufficient Prosecutrix was six years old and it was quite likely that full penetration did not take place as accused was grown up sustainable-Rape leaves permanent scar and has serious psychological imaact on victim and also her family members and, therefore, no one would normally concoct story of rape just to falsely implicate person-Conviction and sentence of JO years R.l upheld-Crime against women. E
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