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CRL. APPEAL @ SLP(CRL.)NO.2172 OF 2014

REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1820

of 2017

(Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No.2172 of 2014)

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Appellant(s)

VERSUS

BANDU @ DAULAT

Respondent(s)

O R D E R

1.

Leave granted. We have heard learned counsel for the

parties and perused the record.

2.

The respondent was tried and convicted under Section

376 I.P.C. by the trial court for the alleged offence of rape

committed on 29^th June, 2008 but has been acquitted by the

High Court.

3.

The victim is deaf and dumb and mentally challenged to

some extent. Main evidence on record is of PW-1, Asha

Ramratan Bangar @ Asha Panchu Dhurve, the mother of the

victim. She lodged FIR on the next day i.e. 30^th June, 2008 to

the effect that the accused was the landlord of the house in

which they were living. The victim was lured away by the

accused by offering some sweet meat and was taken to the

market. She did not return home and it was at 9.30 p.m. in the

Digitally signed by

MAHABIR SINGH

Date: 2017.10.28

12:27:48 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

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