Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1209 · Decided 22 October 2008
Sonu Kumar v. State of H.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1209 · [2008] 14 S.C.R. 1019
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1660/2008
- Decided
- 22 October 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(g), 376(2)(9)
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860/Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - ss. 452 and 323 r/ C w s. 34 and s. 376 (2) (g)I s. 3 (x) - Commission of rape of woman belonging to Scheduled Caste - Offence committed by six accused -In Test Identification Parade, prosecutrix - The five accused convicted by courts below - However, courts holding that Tl Parade was not 0 conforming to the requirement of Law - Appeal by one of the accused - Held: Presence of the appellant-accused at the spot of occurrence or his participation in crime not proved - Hence acquitted. ,
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