Supreme Court of India

Sonu Kumar v. State of H.P.

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Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.
Decided 22 October 2008

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Penal Code, 1860/Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - ss. 452 and 323 r/ w s. 34 and s. 376 (2) (g)I s. 3 (x) - Commission of rape of woman belonging to Scheduled Caste - Offence committed by six accused -In Test Identification Parade, prosecutrix iden­ tifying five of the accused - The five accused convicted by courts below - However, courts holding that Tl Parade was not 0 conforming to the requirement of Law - Appeal by one of the accused - Held: Presence of the appellant-accused at the spot of occurrence or his participation in crime not proved…

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