Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 670 · Decided 29 September 2006
Yedla Srinivasa Rao v. State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 670 · [2006] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 760
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1369/2004
- Decided
- 29 September 2006
- Bench
- A.K. MATHUR, ALTAMAS KABIR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 375, 376, 417, 90; Evidence Act Section 114
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Sections 375, 376, 417 and 90--Rape-Accused forcibly comnu~ted sexual intercourse with a girl of tender age and thereafter C continued to do so by promising to marry her--Girl became pregnant and he refused to marry her-Held: He is guilty of offence punishable ulss.376 and 417 as of fact that he intends to marry her­ Such consent cannot condone the offence-Section 90 !PC can be invoked­ Evidence Act, Section 114-A. D Prosecution's case was that the prosecutrix PW-I had been attending to cooking at her sister's house where accused was a frequent
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