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Chaman Lal v. The State of Himachal Pradesh

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Bench Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 3 December 2020

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.378, 313 – Appeal against acquittal – FIR lodged against appellant-accused alleging that when the prosecutrix used to go to jungle to graze goats and cattle, appellant also used to come there and had sexual intercourse with her forcibly – Trial Court acquitted the appellant for offences u/ss.376, 506, IPC on the grounds of delay in FIR and that the prosecutrix was not of unsound mind as alleged – Acquittal reversed by High Court – Held: It has been proved that the prosecutrix was mentally retarded and she was not in a position to understand the good and…

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