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Maheshwar Tigga v. The State of Jharkhand

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Bench R. F. Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 28 September 2020

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Penal Code, 1860: ss.376, 323 and 341 – Prosecution under – Alleging that the accused raped the prosecutrix at the point of knife 4 years ago when she was 14 years old and had continued to establish physical relations with her under pretext of marriage – Conviction under – By courts below – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: There is wide variation in the evidence with regard to the age of prosecutrix – Trial court had found the prosecutrix to be 14 years of age on the date of incident on the basis of her deposition – In the absence of positive evidence as regards her age, the possibility of her…

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