Supreme Court of India

Roop Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Bench A.K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra JJ.
Decided 18 June 2013

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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 376 and 450 - Rape - Consent - Connotation of - c Explained - Held: The evidence on record is clear that the victim was not a willing party to the sexual intercourse committed by the accused and it cannot be said that she voluntarily participated in it after fully exercising her choice in favour of assent - Nor can it be held that the accused was falsely implicated in the offences. The appellant was convicted and sentenced to 7 years RI uls 376 IPC and 3 years RI u/s 450 IPC for committing rape on her neighbor, the complainant (PW5), in the night when she and her…

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