Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 207 · Decided 13 April 2005
State of Rajasthan v. Biram Lal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 207 · [2005] 3 S.C.R. 580
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1292/1999
- Decided
- 13 April 2005
- Bench
- B.P. SINGH, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 450, 376
Headnote
Penal Code,· 1860-Section 376-Prosei.:ution under-Version of Prosecutrix-Corroboration by 3 witnesses-Conviction by Trial Court- C Acquittal by High Court disbelieving the corroborating evidence and for non­ availability of Report of Chemical Examiner-On appeal, held: Accused was liable witnesses. Evidence-Rape case-Version of prosecutrix-Evidentiary value of­ D Held: Corroboration of version of prosecutrix by independent witness in every material particular is not a 1nust-Where her version is free from blemish and implicitly reliable, then conviction can be recorded even
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