Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 812 · Decided 9 November 2006
State of Kerala v. Kurissum Moottil Antony
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 812 · [2006] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 773
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1134/2006
- Decided
- 9 November 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 377, 451, 371; CrPC Section 357(l)(b); Evidence Act
Headnote
B Penal Code 1860-Section 377-Unnatural offences-Conviction under-Evidence of victim-Need of corroboration-Held: Jn such cases, rule as to non-requirement of corroboration is applicable-Accused cannot C cling to a fossil formula and insist on corroborative evidence, even if the case spoken to by case plea of lack of corroboration unsustainable-There being no material inconsistency in cross examination and also no suppression of report purported to have been given before FIR was lodged, acquittal of accused by High Court set aside-Evidence Act, 1872. D Accused committed unnatural offence
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)