Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 262 · Decided 28 April 2003
Visveswaran v. State REP. BY S.D.M.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 262 · [2003] 3 S.C.R. 978
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 929/2002
- Decided
- 28 April 2003
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 346, 366, 376; Evidence Act
Headnote
v. STATE REP. BY S.D.M. APRIL 28, 2003 B [Y.K. SABHARWAL AND H.K. SEMA, JJ.) Penal Code, 1860: ss. 346, 366 and 376: Rape of a young woman by a police constable-Conviction by Trial C Court-Affirmed by the High Court-Victim and 01her witnesses failed to identifY accused in the Court-Test accused either in test identification parade or in the Court is not necessary to D convict him-Any defect in the investigation need not necessarily result in the acquittal-Rape cases are required to be dealt with utmost sensitivity by the Court-Minor contradictions/insignificant discrepancies may
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