Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 283 · Decided 4 May 2000
State of Karnataka v. Man Janna
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 283 · [2000] 3 S.C.R. 1007
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1911/1996
- Decided
- 4 May 2000
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, D.P. WADHWA, RUMA PAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376; CrPC; Evidence Act Section 157
Headnote
Indian penal Code, 1860-Section 376( 1 )-Offence under-Corrobo­ ration of Testimony of prosecutrix-By independent witnesses, medical evidence ani;I. the rep011 of the chemical examiner-Conviction by trial court-Acquittal by High Court disbelieving the testimony of the prosecutrix­ D nature of the offence in the social context of this country has to be taken into account. Age of prosecutrix-Determination of-Prosecutrix and her father stat­ ing her age to be 15 years-X-Ray report stating the age to be between 16 and 18 years-However the doctor admitting not to be
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