Search Results for "Conviction can be Based on Sole Testimony of Complainant in Case of Outraging Modesty"

2019 0 Supreme(P&H) 1550 • India - Punjab and Haryana

RAJ SHEKHAR ATTRI

(D) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.154--Delay in lodging FIR--Outraging modesty of woman--Sole testimony ... Case based on sole testimony of prosecutrix which is not corroborated by any evidence--There was unexplained delay of 22 days in ... of Prosecutrix--When there is no corroboration and the case is based on the sole testimony of the prosecutrix and the explanation ... Ses....

2025 Supreme(Online)(KAR) 10056 • India - High Court of Karnataka

MR JUSTICE S RACHAIAH, J

(A) Indian Penal Code - Sections 342 and 354 - Conviction for offences of wrongful confinement and outraging modesty - Concurrent ... testimony and the adequacy of corroborative evidence for conviction. ... and convincing, and the absence of corroboration in this case raised doubts about the conviction. ... It is further submitted that except the evidence of PW.2, none of the witnesses have supported the case in respect of the alleged molestation and....

2016 0 Supreme(Del) 3561 • India - Delhi

S.P.GARG

testimony to base a conviction solely on it. ... The prosecution's case was based on the testimony of the prosecutrix and other witnesses. ... Fact of the Case: The petitioner was convicted under Section 354 IPC for outraging the modesty of the prosecutrix at ... Conviction recorded by the Courts below is solely based upon the sole testimony of the prosecutrix ‘X’. Needless to ....

2023 Supreme(Online)(KER) 15065 • India - High Court of Kerala

G. GIRISH, J

testimony, rendering the conviction unsafe. ... The reliance on the sole oral testimony was deemed insufficient. ... for trespassing and assaulting a complainant. ... The prosecution case is that on 30.04.2000, at about 7.30 p.m, the petitioner along with the first accused in the crime, criminally trespassed into the house of the de facto complainant at Edathala Panchayat and subjected her and her mother to physical assault, in addition to outraging....

2018 0 Supreme(HP) 1349 • India - Himachal Pradesh

TARLOK SINGH CHAUHAN

Section 354 IPC - Outraging Modesty - 354 - Summary of Acts and Sections: Section 354 IPC - The court discussed the meaning of ... Issues: The issues revolved around the allegations of outraging the modesty of the victim, the use of criminal force, and ... The court emphasized that the essence of a woman's modesty is her sex and that the ultimate test for ascertaining whether modesty ... and would further argue that this fact duly stands supported in the testimony of....

2025 Supreme(Online)(KAR) 10842 • India - Karnataka High Court

(A) Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Sections 376 and 448 - Conviction for rape and criminal trespass - Accused found guilty of outraging ... modesty under Section 354 IPC instead of rape due to lack of evidence; conviction for criminal trespass under Section 448 IPC upheld ... but did indicate an attempt to outrage modesty. ... Even accused had committed criminal trespass into the house of the complainant and was found sleeping on the person of PW.5, thereby, committed offence of o....

2016 0 Supreme(Guj) 353 • India - Gujarat

RAJESH H.SHUKLA

Indian Penal Code, 1860—Section 354, 509—Present appeal arises from conviction under Sec. 354 and 509—Sec. 354 refers to 'assault ... force—It is a well-settled law that for attracting the provisions of Sec. 354 even the gesture is sufficient for the purpose of outraging ... the modesty—Essence of a woman's modesty is her sex—Alternate submission about modification and reduction of sentence also cannot ... In any view of the matter, it is also well-settled that on such issues like rape or outraging the ....

2025 Supreme(Online)(Chh) 7074 • India - IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

Rajani Dubey, J

(Paras 19, 20) ... ... Facts of the case: ... The appellant was convicted for raping the complainant ... The court emphasized that the sole testimony of the prosecutrix must inspire confidence and not be improbable. ... for rape - The trial court convicted the appellant based on the victim's testimony; however, the appeal court found substantial ... Officer (PW-11) that first he lodged the report only for outraging her modesty and after 20 days of....

2022 0 Supreme(Tri) 323 • India - Tripura

S. G. CHATTOPADHYAY

Principles for conviction based on sole eyewitness account - Conviction supported by prosecutrix's consistent testimony despite absence ... IPC for outraging the modesty of a woman - Petitioners convicted with inadequate sentence contrary to minimum prescribed terms, ... that a solitary witness's testimony can support a conviction if it is credible, and the sentence below statutory minima was declared ... In the said judgment Hon'bl....

2001 0 Supreme(Raj) 293 • India - Rajasthan

ARUN MADAN

served Fact of the Case: The petitioner, a teacher, was convicted under Section 354, IPC for outraging the modesty ... U.P. - Legal principles discussed: Admissibility of hearsay evidence, competency of child witnesses, scrutiny of child witness testimony ... on the testimonies of the victim girls, citing legal principles related to the competency of child witnesses, scrutiny of their testimony ... It was a case where the evidence of child witness lacked corroboration of other prosecu....