Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 345 · Decided 15 May 2013
Shyam Narain v. The State of NCT of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 345 · [2013] 8 S.C.R. 951
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1860/2010
- Decided
- 15 May 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(f), 37(2)(f)
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - s. 376(2)(f) - Rape of a girl aged 8 years - Conviction and sentence of life imprisonment by courts below - Held: Evidence of prosecutrix and that of the C doctor medical evidence and conduct of the accused prove the commission of rape by the accused - Therefore, conviction for the offence of rape - Principle of proportionality between the offence committed and the penalty imposed, are to be kept in view - In the present case, in view of the manner in which the offence was committed, it demands just punishment - Accused not entitled to reduced punishment -
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