Supreme Court of India

Md. Kalam v. The State of Bihar

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Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and P.P. Naolekar JJ.
Decided 13 June 2008

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 376 r/w s. 511 - Rape - Of minor - Evidence of the victim - Appreciation of - Allegation that Ap- e pellant took PW6, a 6 year old girl, to a lonely place and raped her - Courts below relied on evidence of PW6 and her mother to hold Appellant guilty - Conviction challenged on ground that evidence of PW6 should not have been accepted, par­ ticularly in absence of any corroboration - Held: Evidence of 0 PW6 was cogent, credible and free from any influence - Cor­ roboration from statement of PW6 to her mother immediately after the incident - Hence, conviction of Appellant…

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