Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | FIR Rape |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | Penal Code, 1860 – s.376 – Rape – Prosecution case that when the husband of the victim/prosecutrix was in another village and she was alone and sleeping in her room, the accused jumped the wall, entered into the room of the prosecutrix and raped her – As per the case of the prosecutrix, she narrated the incident to her sister-in-law and mother-in-law but they did not believe her – On the contrary, she was beaten – Thereafter, she was compelled to go to her parental house – FIR was registered – The trial Court convicted the accused for the offence u/s. 376 IPC and sentenced the appellant to undergo 7 years rigorous imprisonment – Feeling aggrieved, the appellant-accused preferred an appeal before the High Court, which was dismissed – Before the Supreme Court, it was contended that the medical evidence does not support the case of the prosecutrix, as the doctor in her deposition specifically stated that on examination that there were no external or internal injuries found in the prosecutrix – It is further submitted that the prosecution case rests solely on the deposition of the prosecutrix only and there was also delay of three days in filing FIR – Held: The prosecutrix has fully supported the case of the prosecution – She was consistent right from the very beginning – Nothing was specifically pointed out why the sole testimony of the prosecutrix should not be believed – Even after thorough cross-examination, she has stood by what she has stated and has fully supported the case of the prosecution – There is no reason to doubt the credibility and/or trustworthiness of the prosecutrix – No question regarding the external and internal injuries was asked, even remotely, to the prosecutrix in her cross- examination – Therefore, submission regarding external and internal injuries is to be rejected outrightly – So far as the delay of three days in lodging the FIR is concerned, it was the specific and consistent case on behalf of the prosecutrix that immediately on theoccurrence of the incident, she narrated the incident to her sister- in-law and mother-in-law but they did not believe the prosecutrix – No other family members in her matrimonial home supported the prosecutrix – She was compelled to go to her parental house and thereafter she was able to lodge the FIR – Therefore, when in such a situation, the delay has taken place in lodging the FIR, the benefit of such delay cannot be given to the accused who as such was the relative – The conviction and sentence awarded to the accused- appellant herein for the offence u/s. 376 IPC is confirmed. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.R. Shah |
Neutral Citation | 2021 INSC 812 |
Petitioner | Phool Singh |
Respondent | The State Of Madhya Pradesh |
SCR | [2021] 9 S.C.R. 317 |
Judgement Date | 2021-12-01 |
Case Number | 1520 |
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