Ganga Sagar Yadav vs State Of Jharkhand

The Supreme Court, in Criminal Appeal No. 190 of 2006, upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 376/34 IPC but reduced the sentence to the period already undergone, noting that the appellant had been in custody since September 22, 1999. The Court found no reason to disbelieve the prosecutrix's statement, which was corroborated by other witnesses and medical evidence. The appeal was allowed to the extent of modifying the sentence, leading to the appellant's immediate release if not required in any other case.