Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 757 · Decided 29 August 2018
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Preetam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 757 · [2018] 10 S.C.R. 627
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2229/2011
- Decided
- 29 August 2018
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, VINEET SARAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 375, 376(1)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.376- Prosecutrix raped by respondent- accused- Trial court convicted the respondent- High Court reversed the conviction and acquitted the respondent- On appeal, held: In the present case evidence of prosecutrix (PW-1) is supported by medical away from the scene of occurrence- Delay in registration of F.I.R. was properly explained- This was not considered by High Court- Judgment of High Court set aside and that of trial court convicting the respondent restored- However, in the instant case, the occurrence was
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