Judgments - Rape
STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH VERSUS MAHENDRA ALIAS GOLU
SURENDRA MAHTO Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR
State of Gujarat & Anr. Versus Narayan @ Narayan Sai @ Mota Bhagwan Asaram @ Asumal Harpalani
Nasib Singh Versus The State of Punjab & Anr.
Manoj Mishra @ Chhotkau Versus The State of Uttar Pradesh
The State of Bihar Versus Taslim (Name changed)
ROHIT KUMAR JHA VERSUS THE STATE
MANOJ KUMAR TATMA Vs. The State of Bihar
State of M.P. v/s. Irfan & Anr.
Law laid down - Held: Conviction and sentence of appellants under Section 376(DB) of IPC – (i) Prosecutrix, a child of seven years of age was proved to have been subjected to violent gang rape by appellants and prosecutrix was also inflicted life-threatening injuries. (Significant paragraph nos. – 46 to 51) (ii) Conviction under Section 376(DB) of IPC and sentence of hanging by trial Court – Affirmed – Sentencing Policy Discussed – Legislature has imposed death penalty in incidents of child sexual abuse Full Judgment
Ravi @ Toli Vs. State of M.P.
In. Ref. (Suo Moto) Vs. Yogesh Nath @ Jogesh Nath
Yogesh Nath @ Jogesh Nath Vs. The State of MP
SHABIR DANDOO VERSUS STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER
RANJEET NAIK VERSUS STATE (NCT OF DELHI)
Munnalal and Jagdish Vs. State of M.P.
Law laid down - (1) Prosecutrix in a rape case – conviction can be based only on the basis of solitary evidence of prosecutrix but such witness should be of “sterling quality”. Citation relied upon - Krishna Kumar Malik Vs. State of Haryana [(2011) 7 SCC 130] & Rai Sandeep @ Deepu Vs. State (NCT of Delhi) reported in (2012) 8 SCC 21]. (2) While deciding rape case, the Court must also evaluate the impact of such insinuation on a person Full Judgment
Abhishek Chouhan s/o Kailash Chouhan vs. State of Madhya Pradesh
Law laid down - 1. It is held that, in majority of the cases of rape, the defence of the accused is that the prosecutrix was a consenting party and in most of the cases the accused gets the benefit of doubt also, but in the considered opinion of this Court, barring some exceptions, India are a conservative society, it has not yet reached such level (advance or lower) of civilization where unmarried girls, regardless of their religion, indulge in carnal Full Judgment
In Reference (Suo Moto) Vs. Manoj
Arjun Kumar @ Prince Vs. The State Of Bihar
PHAGUNI MAHTO @ PANKAJ KUMAR VERSUS STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI)
Karan Singh Vs. State of M.P.
Law laid down - 1 (i) Whether the sentence of life imprisonment awarded to the appellant means actual sentence of 14 years or 20 years ? Ans: Section 53 of the IPC provides for sentence of imprisonment of life and the definition of life as contained in Section 45 makes it clear that life means the life of human being till he breath his last. A sentence for imprisonment of life will run for the entire life of the convict unless the Full Judgment