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Allahabad High Court: <\/strong>The Division Bench of Ved Prakash Vaish and Vikas Kunvar Srivastav, JJ., expressed that:<\/p>\n

\u201cJustice demands that courts should impose punishment fitting to the crime. The courts must not only keep in view the rights of the criminal but also the rights of the victim of crime and the society at large while considering imposition of appropriate punishment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Appellant was convicted for the offence under Section 376 of the Penal Code, 1860, though he was acquitted for the offence under Section 506(2) of the Penal Code, 1860.<\/p>\n

Father of the Prosecutrix had lodged a complaint that his daughter had gone for easement by the roadside and did not return to the house for a long time and on inquiry, his son Kalim Ahmad aged 13 years informed that Prem Chamar forcibly took the prosecutrix on his bicycle.<\/p>\n

On reaching outside the village, he saw his daughter (prosecutrix) weeping who disclosed the entire incident and found the bloodstains on her undergarments and concluded that Prem Chamar had committed rape on his daughter.<\/p>\n

In light of the above sequence of events, offence under Section 376 IPC was registered.<\/p>\n

Trial Court found the appellant to be guilty of having committed the offence under Section 376 IPC and sentenced the appellant.<\/p>\n

On being aggrieved with the above, appellant preferred the present appeal.<\/p>\n

Analysis and Decision<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cIt is settled law that refusal to act on the testimony of the victim of sexual assault in absence of corroboration as a rule, is adding to insult to injury.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Bench further in light of the above expressed that, a girl or a woman in the tradition-bound non-permissive society of India would be extremely reluctant even to admit that any incident which is likely to reflect on her chastity had ever occurred.<\/p>\n

\u201cA woman or a girl who is raped is not an accomplice. Corroboration is not the sine qua non for conviction in a rape case.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Court referred to the decisions of Supreme Court in State of Punjab v. Gurmit Singh, <\/em>(1996) 2 SCC 384<\/a> and Takhatji Hiraji v. Thakore Kubersing Chamansingh, <\/em>(2001) 6 SCC 145<\/a>, Vijendra Singh v. State of U.P., <\/em>(2017) 11 SCC 129<\/a>, State of H.P. v. Gian Chand, <\/em>(2001) 6 SCC 71<\/a>, Aslam v. State of U.P., <\/em>(2014) 13 SCC 350<\/a>, State of Haryana v. Basti Ram, <\/em>(2013) 4 SCC 200<\/a>, Raju v. State of M.P.<\/em>, (2008) 15 SCC 133<\/a>.<\/p>\n

High Court stated that Supreme Court had observed in Raju v. State of M.P.<\/em>, (2008) 15 SCC 133<\/a>, that it cannot be lost sight of that rape causes the greatest distress and humiliation to the victim but at the same time a false allegation of rape can cause equal distress, humiliation and damage to the accused as well. The accused must also be protected against the possibility of false implication. There is no presumption or any basis for assuming that the statement of such a witness is always correct or without any embellishment or exaggeration.<\/p>\n

\u201cCourts while trying an accused on the charge of rape, must deal with the case with the utmost sensitivity, examining the broader probabilities of a case and not get swayed by minor contradictions or insignificant discrepancies in the evidence of the witnesses which are not of a substantial character.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Bench noted that considering the statement of the prosecutrix (PW2), a girl of nine years, corroboration from an independent source of the evidence of prosecutrix is not required. The evidence of the prosecutrix establishes that the appellant committed rape on her.<\/p>\n

Court opined that the trial court did not commit any mistake in convicting the appellant for the offence under Section 376 IPC. Accordingly, appellant\u2019s conviction was upheld.<\/p>\n

Sentence<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

With regard to the question of sentence, Court stated that it may be mentioned that the protection of society by stamping out criminal activity is an essential function of State.<\/p>\n

The facts and given circumstances of each case, the nature of the crime, the manner in which it was planned and committed, the motive for commission of the crime, the conduct of convict and all other attending circumstances are relevant facts for imposing appropriate sentence.<\/p>\n

Hence, the object of sentencing is that the offenders do not go unpunished and the justice be done to the victim of crime and society. It is, therefore, the duty of every court to award proper sentence having regard to the nature of the offence and the manner in which it was executed or committed.<\/p>\n

Therefore, in the instant case, Court held that the interest of justice would be met if the sentence imposed by trial court would be modified to that of rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and to pay a fine of Rs 2,000.<\/p>\n

Concluding the decision, Court in view of the above discussion dismissed the appeal. [Prem Chamar v. State of U.P., Criminal Appeal No. 1078 of 2012, decided on 22-01-2021]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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