Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 556 · Decided 25 August 2006
Santosh Kumar v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 556 · [2006] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 381
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1368/2005
- Decided
- 25 August 2006
- Bench
- G.P. MATHUR, R.V. RAVEENDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3, 376, 376(2)(g)
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Section 3 7 6-Accused committing rape on prosecutrix inside a bus-Trial Court convicted the accused and sentenced him 10 years rigorous imprisonment with fine-High Court confirming the conviction and C sentence-Contention of absence of injuries in private parts of the of the prosecution-On facts, medical examination report discloses injuries on the front portion of the body and hands of the prosecutrix and hence, the absence of injuries on her private parts cannot be a ground that no rape was committed-Hence, conviction of D the accused upheld. On hearing
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