Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 75 · Decided 16 January 1996
The State of Punjab v. Gurmit Singh Anr ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 75 · [1996] 1 S.C.R. 532
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 616/1985
- Decided
- 16 January 1996
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 363, 366, 368, 376; CrPC Section 154, 327(2)
Headnote
Indian Penal Code 1860---Sections 363, 366, 368 and 376-Abduction, Wrongful confinement aiul rape of a minor girl-Acquittal by Trial Court disbelieving the prosecutrix and discarding medical evidence--Held- Prosecutrix reliable and truthful witness-corroboration by medical evidence and chemical of the prosecutrix. Criminal Procedure Code 1973--Section 154-Delay in.filing FIR-Time spent to secure justice through village panchayats and consultations between D the.family members-Held, generally a complaint is lodged in a sexual offence after a cool thought since the incidence
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