Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 90 · Decided 26 April 1979
Satto & Others v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 90 · [1979] 3 S.C.R. 768
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 239/1979
- Decided
- 26 April 1979
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, R.S. PATHAK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376; CrPC Section 360; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
F G • 768 SAITO & OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. April 26, 1979 [V. R. KRISHNA IYER AND R. S. PATHAK, JJ.J Utiur Prade.sh Children Act 1952 and approved School!. under it, Sectio11s 2(4), 29, 30, 34, 60, 68, 70, 79 and 79, Scope of- Three Petitioners between the ages of 10 & 14 .::ame by an her up. They forcibly went through the exercise of rape. The courls beJO\V have held the three petitioners guilty of an offence under section 376 J.P.C. and sentenced each to two y~ars' rigo1ous imprisonment. The offenders being children the dilemmatic issue is to fix the. sentencing
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