Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 462 · Decided 8 April 2009
Satyapal v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 462 · [2009] 5 S.C.R. 577
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 664/2009
- Decided
- 8 April 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 376 - Rape - Prosecution case that accused sexually assaulted a minor girl - Part of the incident witnessed by aunt of prosecutrix - Conviction by c courts below u/s. 376 - On appeal, held: Evidence of prosecutrix convincing and corroborated by her aunt - Even though hours ,>- and evidence of doctor was wholly insufficient, the doctor .)' testified that there had been an attempt to commit rape - D Injury on the private parts of the prosecutrix was found - ·~ Absence of hymen also of some significance - Complete penetration was not necessary- Delay
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