Court : Karnataka Kalaburagi
Decided on : Dec-21-2023
..... evidence. also the age recorded by the jj board shall be deemed to be the true age of the person brought before it. thus, the standard of proof in an inquiry is different from that required in a proceeding where the determination and declaration of the age of a person has to be made on the basis of evidence scrutinised and ..... not conclusive proof of the age of juvenility and the same may be rebutted by contra evidence let in by the opposite side. 33.5. that the procedure of an inquiry by a court is not the same thing as declaring the age of the person as a juvenile sought before the jj board when the case is pending for trial ..... and due to the sexual intercourse the victim girl became pregnant, thereby committed offence punishable u/sec 376(3) of ipc and section 6 of pocso act?.3. what order?.5. the learned special judge answered the points in the affirmative, proceeded to convict the accused and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka Dharwad
Decided on : Dec-21-2023
..... judgment of hon'ble apex court in hanuman govind naragundakar vs. state of madhya pradesh reported in 1952 (2) scc71equivalent air1952sc343delivered by the hon'ble apex court of three- judges bench.116. considering the effect of section 3(6) of the cr.pc, it was observed by hon'ble apex court that, while dealing with circumstantial evidence, the ..... not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence of the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused.17. a reference may be made to a later decision in sharad birdhichand sarda v. state of maharashtra. therein, while ..... d) of the indian penal code deals with `gang rape'. it states that `when a women is raped by one or more persons with constituting a group or acting in furtherance of common intention each of those persons shall be deemed to have been committed the rape and shall be sentenced with rigorous imprisonment for term which must not .....
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