Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1064 · Decided 12 October 2007
State of Rajasthan v. Munshi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1064 · [2007] 11 S.C.R. 282
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 928/2001
- Decided
- 12 October 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376
Headnote
~ Penal Code, 1860; Section 376: ~ Rape of a minor girl-FJR.-lnvestigation-Trial Court found c accused guilty of committing the offence punishable uls. 3 7 6 JPC and sentenced him to ten years rigorous imprisonment-Reversed by High Court-011 appeal, Held: High Court erred in re-appreciating seized D by the Investigating Officer-Which also proves commission of rape and also place of incident-Medkal report suggests that the prosecutrix had been subjected to intercourse against her will-Hence, judgment ~ of the trial Court restored but sentence is reduced from ten years rigorous
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