Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1149 · Decided 15 December 2016
State of Himachal Pradesh v. Sanjay Kumar @ Sunny
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1149 · [2016] 9 S.C.R. 237
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1231/2016
- Decided
- 15 December 2016
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(j), 506
Headnote
237 STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH v. SANJAY KUMAR @ SUNNY (Criminal Appeal No. 1231 of2016) DECEMBER 15, 2016 [A. K. SIKRI AND ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, JJ.) Penal Code, 1860: ss.376(2)(j), 506 - Rape of 9 years old girl - Respondent-accused paternal uncle of the prosecutrix - Incident not disclosed by thereafter - Conviction ulss.376(2)(j), 506 by trial court based on testimony ofprosecutrix, her mother and medical evidence - Acquittal by High Court - States appeal against acquittal - Held: The version of prosecution and her mother was in sync with each other - High Coun was swayed by the
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