Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 157 · Decided 11 February 2016
Tekan Alias Tekram v. State of Madhya Pradesh (Now Chhattisgarh)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 157 · [2016] 1 S.C.R. 1059
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 884/2015
- Decided
- 11 February 2016
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, ARUN MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376; CrPC Section 35, 357, 357A
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.376 - Rape - Prosecutrix-blind girl subjected to sexual intercourse on the promise of marriage - Conviction of accused and 7 years rigorous impriwnment - Challenged - Held: Prosecution proved the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt ~ Interference with the conviction State is directed to pay Rs.8000 per month till her life time - Crime against women. Compensation: Victim Col!lpensation Scheme - Held: No uniform practice followed by States and Union Territories in providing confpens11tion to rape .victim for offence and for her rehabilitation -
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