Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1440 · Decided 16 December 2008
State of Orissa v. Sukru Gouda
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1440 · [2008] 17 S.C.R. 617
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2044/2008
- Decided
- 16 December 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376
Headnote
_..._ Penal Code, 1860 - s. 376 - Rape - Prosecutrix corroborating FIR version - Eye-witness to the incident- Two c versions of defence; one that it was false implication and the other that the act was with consent- Conviction by trial Court - Acquittal by High Court - On appeal, held : Conclusion to law - Matter remitted to High Court for consideration afresh. D Judicial Discipline - Rape case - Name of Prosecutrix -4, - Mentioning of, ·in the judgment - Held: Is in disregard of judicial discipline. PW-4 lodged an FIR alleging that respondent No. 1 (accused) committed rape on
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