Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 256 · Decided 3 May 2002
State of Rajasthan v. Om Prakash
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 256 · [2002] 3 S.C.R. 753
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1975/1996
- Decided
- 3 May 2002
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376; Evidence Act
Headnote
B Penal Code: Section 376: Rape of a minor girl-Conviction of accused-Held, the cases involving sexual molestation and assault requires a sensitive approach different from C the approach the Court may adopt in dealing with normal offence-Sole testimony of rape victim is sufficient to convict the medical examination of the victim-Effect of-Held, ideally doctor should be examined but non-examination does not destroy the prosecution case which otherwise stands proved. Rape-Injury on the victim-Proving of-Held, injuries arenot always E a sine qua non to prove a charge of rape of a girl
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