Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1181 · Decided 9 October 2009
Sohan Singh & ANR. v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1181 · [2009] 15 S.C.R. 140
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 971/2003
- Decided
- 9 October 2009
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, DEEPAK VERMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(g)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c s. 376(2)(g) - Gang rape - Conviction by trial court, confirmed by High Court - Pleas of accused regarding delay in lodging FIR, absence of injury on the person of the victim and their false implication due to enmity - HELD: Rightly rejected by both the courts below - There is of three prosecution witnesses and there is no reason to doubt their evidence about commission of crime by accused - Conviction and sentence awarded by courts below confirmed. The accused-appellants were prosecuted for E commission of offence punishable u/s 376(2)(g) IPC on the allegation that
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