Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 211 · Decided 18 February 2009
Shekara v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 211 · [2009] 2 S.C.R. 744
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 479/2002
- Decided
- 18 February 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 448, 506134, 354, 34; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
744 A SHE KARA y-"' V. STATE OF KARNATAKA Criminal Appeal No. 4 79 of 2002 B FEBRUARY 18, 2009 (DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT, ASOK KUMAR GANGULY, JJ) Penal Code, 1860 : )..- ss. 354 and 376 - Accused stated to have ravished a girl ~ 1' c -below 16 years of age - Nine months thereafter, alongwith RI - Affirmed by High Court - HELD: Trial court and High Court D rightly found accused guilty, but offence committed is x punishable uls 354 - Conviction altered from s. 376 to s. 354. . ,4. The accused-appellant was convicted by the trial court and sentenced 5 years RI ulss 376, 448, 506134
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