Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 205 · Decided 5 April 2006
Sta Te of Chhattisgarh v. Lekhram
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 205 · [2006] 3 S.C.R. 826
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 326/1999
- Decided
- 5 April 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 366, 376, 363; Evidence Act Section 35
Headnote
OF CHHATTISGARH v. LEKHRAM APRIL 5, 2006 B [S.B. SINHA AND P.P. NAOLEKAR, JJ.) Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 366 and 376/Jndian Evidence Act; S. 35: Abduction and rape of a minor married woman by the accused-Age C of prosecutrix-Proof of-Entry in the School register-Admissibility in evidence-Held: A has evidentiary value­ Since entries in the register and statement of father of the prosecutrix D corroborated by other witnesses, there was no reason for disbelieving the same by the.High Court-Hence, !he judgment of the High Court convicting the accused by reversing the order of the trial
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