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Ram Das vs State on 4 August, 2015 cites

State Of Maharashtra vs Deepchand Khushalchand Jain And Others on 22 November, 1982

[State of Maharashtra v Chandraprakash Kewalchand Jain [JT 1990 (1) SC 61 : 1990 (1) SCC 550]]. Such weight is given to the prosecutrix's evidence because her evidence is on par with the evidence of an injured witness which seldom fails to inspire confidence. Having placed the prosecutrix's evidence on such a high pedestal, it is the duty of the court to scrutinize it carefully, because in a given case on that lone evidence a man can be sentenced to life imprisonment. The court must, therefore, with its rich experience evaluate such evidence with care and circumspection and only after its conscience is satisfied about its creditworthiness rely upon it."
Bombay High Court Cites 31 - Cited by 170 - Full Document

Balwant Singh vs State Of Punjab on 18 February, 1994

21.We are not the least impressed with this submission. How the girl would react in a given circumstance, differs from person to person. In this case, the victim was aged about 10 years only and the appellant was aged about 35 years. So, she was not in a position to offer any physical resistance. Apart from it, she was also threatened on the point of knife. So, in such a situation, it appears that she desperately surrendered before the lust of the appellant. What should be the view of the Court regarding absence of injury on the body of the prosecutrix has been considered by Hon'ble Apex Court in several cases. We would like to quote the pronouncement of Hon'ble the Apex Court in the case of Balwant Singh v. State of Punjab reported in AIR 1987 SC 1080, wherein it has been held as under:-
Supreme Court of India Cites 12 - Cited by 106 - G N Ray - Full Document
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