Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 67 · Decided 17 February 1999
State of Kerala and ORS. ETC. v. O.C. Kuttan and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 67 · [1999] 1 S.C.R. 696
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 188/1999
- Decided
- 17 February 1999
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, M.B. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 366A, 372, 376, 344; Constitution
Headnote
KERALA AND ORS. ETC. ' 7- v. O.C. KUTTAN AND ORS. ETC. FEBRUARY 17, 1999 B (G.B. PATTANAIK AND M.B. SHAH, JJ.) Constitution of lndia-A1ticle 226-Quashing of FIR and criminal proceedings-{ndian Penal Code 1860, ss. 366A, 372, 376 and 344 r/w s. c 34--Allegations of rape and of being forced to and whether High Cowt's conclusions regarding age of victim and that she had willingly submitted to sexual activities was justified-Held, this is not a case where the court should have scuttled investigation by quashing D FIR, particularly where criminal case had been registered under several
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