Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 208 · Decided 2 April 2013
State of Haryana v. Basti Ram
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 208 · [2013] 4 S.C.R. 850
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 352/2006
- Decided
- 2 April 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(g), 366, 342, 506
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.376(2)(g), 366, 342 and 506 - Gang rape of girl below 16 years of age - Conviction by trial C court relying on evidence of prosecutrix - High Court acquitted the accused - On appeal, held: High Court committed error of Jaw in ignoring the evidence of prosecutrix - Case another accused was prosecuted for having raped a girl below 16 years of age. In her police statement, the victim girl alleged that both the accused had committed rape on her for a period of six months and they had also confined her for a period E of 10 days and raped her several times and
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