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1 - 10 of 24 (5.25 seconds)Section 366 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 342 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005
Section 3 in The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 [Entire Act]
Section 376 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
The State Of Punjab vs Gurmit Singh & Ors on 16 January, 1996
18. Not only does the evidence of ‘R’ sound natural, it also inspires
confidence and we have no manner of doubt whatsoever that on the
facts of this case, any need for corroboration can be safely dispensed
with. As has been rightly observed, a woman or a girl subjected to
sexual assault is not an accomplice but a victim of another person’s
lust and it will be improper and undesirable to test her evidence with
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suspicion. All that the law mandates is that the Court should be alive
to and conscious of the fact that it is dealing with the evidence of a
person who is interested in the outcome of charge levelled by her and
if after keeping that aspect in mind if the Court is thereafter satisfied
that the evidence is trustworthy, there is nothing that can stop the
Court from acting on the sole testimony of the prosecutrix. [See
State of Rajasthan v. N.K. the Accused, (2000) 5 SCC 30,
Rameshwar v. State of Rajasthan, 1951 SCC 1213, State of
Maharashtra Vs. Chandraprakash Kewal Chand Jain, (1990) 1
SCC 550, State of Punjab v. Gurmit Singh, (1996) 2 SCC 384]
Pramod Mahto And Ors. vs State Of Bihar on 21 April, 1989
21. This aspect has also come up for judicial consideration before
this Court in Pramod Mahto and Others vs. State of Bihar, (1989)
Supp (2) SCC 672 wherein this Court held that the Explanation has
been introduced with a view to effectively dealt with the growing
menace of gang rape and in such circumstances, it was not necessary
that the prosecution should adduce clinching proof of complete act of
rape by each one of the accused on the victim or on each one of the
victims where there are more than one.
Ashok Kumar vs State Of Haryana on 17 December, 2002
22. Further, in Ashok Kumar vs. State of Haryana, (2003) 2 SCC
143, it was held as under:-