Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 542 · Decided 29 April 2008
Viswanathan & ORS. v. State REP. BY Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 542 · [2008] 6 S.C.R. 1222
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 97/2004
- Decided
- 29 April 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 376(2)(9), 376(2)(g)
Headnote
6 S.C.R. 1222 VISWANATHAN & ORS. v. STATE REP. BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE, TAMIL NADU (Criminal Appeal No. 97 of 2004) APRIL 29, 2008 (S.B. SINHA AND V.S. SIRPURKAR, JJ.) Penal Code, 1860; S. 376(2}(g): Gang rape - No injury suffered by the prosecutrix - Test C identification parade - Not lodging of FIR reasonable and justified - She was found unconscious and in D naked condition - Having regard to the circumstances in which prosecutrix was found by the villagers and the fact that she knew the main accused, undoubtedly she was subjected to rape - Sustaining of injury by the
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