Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 25 · Decided 15 January 2014
State of Rajasthan v. Roshan Khan & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 25 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 418
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 79/2005
- Decided
- 15 January 2014
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(g), 366, 376; Evidence Act Section 114, 157, 114A
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c ss.376(2)(g) and s.366 - Gang rape - Six accused convicted by trial court - Acquittal by High Court - Held: Prosecution case that the six accused committed gang rape on the prosecutrix has been established by her evidence and the evidence of her father as corroborated by - Judgment of High Court set aside and that of trial court convicting all accused of offences charged and sentencing them to 10 years RI and 4 years RI under the two counts, restored. s.376(2)(g), Explanation 1 - Gang rape - Presumption E - Held: In the instant case as per medical evidence, four
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