Supreme Court of India

Parkash Chand v. State of Himachal Pradesh

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Bench Ranjan Gogoi, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K. M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 12 February 2019

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Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 376 and 506 – Rape – PW.2- prosecutrix alleged that appellant caught hold of her on a common path of villages and dragged her in the bushes – She raised hue and cry but nobody was there at the place of occurrence – Appellant committed rape on her – Consequent to which, prosecutrix got pregnant – After 7 months of alleged commission of offence, FIR was lodged – Trial Court convicted appellant u/ss. 376 and 506 IPC – Conviction affirmed by the High Court – On appeal, held: High Court proceeded on the basis of testimony of prosecutrix and extra- judicial confession made…

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