WAHID KHAN vs STATE OF M.P.

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 376 IPC for the rape of a minor girl, affirming the findings of the lower courts that the evidence presented was sufficient to establish guilt. The Court noted that the appellant had forcibly taken the prosecutrix to a secluded area and committed the act of rape, which was corroborated by the testimony of police personnel who caught him in the act. The appeal against the conviction was dismissed, and the sentence of seven years' rigorous imprisonment was confirmed.