Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 172 · Decided 30 March 2000
State of Rajasthan v. N.K. - the Accused
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 172 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 818
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1698/1996
- Decided
- 30 March 2000
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, R.C. LAHOTI, S.N. VARIAVA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376; CrPC; Evidence Act Section 133
Headnote
Indian Penal Codi!, 1860 : Section 376-0.ffence under-Delay in lodging FIR satisfactorily ex- c plained-Testimony of prosecutrix corroborated by another witness and Medi- cal Evidence-Delay in medical examination-Absence of injuries on the body of the prosecutrix-Perpetrator of crime able bodied act-On appeal, Held, Prosecutrix is a witness of truth and her testimony inspires confidence--, Absence of injury is not necessarily an evidence to falsify the allegation or an D evidence of consent-If prosecution has succeeded in making out a convincing case for recording a finding~ to the
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