Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - In order to adjudge credibility of version of prosecutrix, it is necessary to peruse testimonies of other prosecution witnesses so as to establish complete chain of events beginning from lodging of complaint and continuing upto conviction of accused and also to corroborate same with disposition made by prosecutrix on facts of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Minor discrepancies in statements of prosecutrix and other witnesses - Not a ground to reject evidence in its entirety...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Absence of any injury on the body of prosecutrix - Not of much consequence if other evidence on record supports case of prosecution...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Absence of any injury on the body of prosecutrix - Does not itself discredit statement of prosecutrix...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Prosecutrix cannot be disbelieved merely because she was helpless victim who by force was prevented from offering serious physical resistance...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376D -- Bail - Rape - Allegation that accused friend of prosecutrix called her and committed rape upon her with the help of co-accused in their car - Prosecutrix stated that both the accused were consuming liquor when she reached the place where she was asked to meet and they also made her drink..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 6, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(1) -- Res gestae - Rape - Statements made by prosecutrix to PWs just after she was recovered from jungle form part of res gestae u/s 6 of the Act...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 3, 145, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(1) -- Rape - Normal discrepancies - Except for some minor variations here and there, statement of prosecutrix recorded by Magistrate u/s 164 Cr.P.C. substantially corroborated her evidence in Court - Hence, discrepancies found in evidence of prosecutrix are no more than normal discrepancies which does..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 366, 376, 341 -- Abduction and rape - Prosecutrix had no occasion or motive to falsely implicate accused for grave offence of rape - By launching prosecution, she faced a risk of putting her own reputation in society at stake - Defence set up by accused that he is falsely implicated due to money dispute between them is not probable, as no..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 366, 376, 341 -- Abduction and rape - Reduction of sentence - Accused does not have any criminal antecedents - Age of prosecutrix was 53 years of age at the time of offence - No injuries were suffered by prosecutrix during her alleged ravishment by accused - Accused not indulged in any vicious physical violence with prosecutrix - Incident..........
