Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 366, 376 -- Kidnapping and rape - Age of victim is opined to be between 16-17 years as per medical examination report - Mother of victim has categorically stated that victim has never gone to any school - Defence has also not brought on record any evidence in respect of age of victim - However, there is clear cut evidence of victim girl..........
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, Section 12, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376D, 397, 376(3), 376(DA), 395, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 6 -- Juvenile - Bail - Rape - Appellant belongs to a poor and uneducated family belonging to a Scheduled Caste community, struggling for its sustenance and appellant was..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Testimony of victim duly corroborated by medical evidence - Witnesses of fact i.e. father of victim, victim herself and mother of victim, have supported prosecution case in all material aspects - Injury reported on the body of victim also corroborates prosecution story - Prosecution has successfully proved its case against..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Appellant was aged about 19 years on the date of incident - He is in jail for the last twenty five years - Appellant had no previous criminal history - Thus, having considered the facts in their entirety and after taking into account manner of commission of offence, age of appellant and fact that there was no prior criminal..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376, 201 -- Offence u/ss 302, 376, 201 IPC - Conviction - The circumstances so established should be of a conclusive nature and consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused - Those circumstances should not be capable of being explained by any other hypothesis except the guilt of the accused and the chain of the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 497, 376 -- Adultery and rape - Distinction: (i) Adultery can be committed only with a married woman, whose husband is alive, whereas rape can be committed on any woman married or unmarried, whose husband is alive or dead or a divorced woman; (ii) In adultery, woman is willing and consenting partner but in rape sexual intercourse is..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 506, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Rape - False promise of marriage - Physical relationship between appellant and prosecutrix was consensual from the very beginning and cannot be said to be against will or without consent of prosecutrix - Even if case of prosecutrix is accepted, there is no material on record to show..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(2)(f), 417 -- Rape - False pretext of marriage - Complainant from day one had knowledge and was conscious of fact that appellant was in a subsisting marriage though separated - It is upon having an active understanding of circumstances, actions and consequences of acts, that complainant made a reasoned choice to sustain a relationship..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(2)(f), 417 -- Rape - False pretext of marriage - Complainant from day one had knowledge and was conscious of fact that appellant was in a subsisting marriage though separated - It is upon having an active understanding of circumstances, actions and consequences of acts, that complainant made a reasoned choice to sustain a relationship..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 363, 366(A), 370, 376(2)(n), Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 3(a), 4, 5(j)(ii), 5(l), 6, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/Ss. 376, 363, 366(A), 370, 376(2)(n) IPC and 3(a), 4, 5(j)(ii), 5(l), 6 POCSO - Quashing of complainant - Settlement between the parties - Marriage between..........
