Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 206 · Decided 16 April 2002
State of Orissa v. Thakara Besra and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 206 · [2002] 3 S.C.R. 173
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 533/1994
- Decided
- 16 April 2002
- Bench
- R.P. SETHI, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860: Section 376 Rape-Testimony of prosecutrix-Trusworthiness-Corroboration by c medical evidence-Conviction by Trial Court-Appeal by accused persons- Re-appreciation of evidence by High Court-Acquittal-Appeal before Supreme Court-Held. High Court rejected testimorry of prosecutrix Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, D 1860. The prosecution story was that in the absence of husband. ofprosecturix the accused persons made a forcible entry into the house of prosecturix from "" the thatched roof and committed, rape. On raising of a cry by the prosecutrix -. one
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