JUDGEMENT

SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J. INDEX TO THE JUDGMENT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................... 3 FACTUAL HISTORY OF THE CASE ........................................................ 4 History of Past Police and Judicial Proceedings ........................................... 5 THE RIVAL CONTENTIONS ..................................................................... 8 ISSUE IN DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PROSECUTION AND THE PETITIONER ................................................................................................. 9 ISSUES MANDATING JUDICIAL NOTICE FOR THE OVERALL WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY .................................................... 9 PRINCIPLES GOVERNING QUASHING OF FIRs ON THE BASIS OF SETTLEMENT AND THE ROLE OF COURTS .............................. 10 FIRST JUDICIAL ERROR: MECHANICALLY RECORDED STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 164 OF CR.P.C. ................................ 15 SIGNIFICANCE OF RECORDING STATEMENTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS UNDER SECTION 164 OF CR.P.C. .................... 17 Guidelines Apropos Recording of Statement under Section 164 of Cr.P.C.

of sexual assault victims .........