Supreme Court of India · 2009-10-09
Sohan Singh & Anr vs State Of Bihar
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2009 SC (SUPP) 2428
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Sohan Singh & Anr
- Respondent
- State Of Bihar
- Author
- Deepak Verma
- Bench
- Deepak Verma, V.S. Sirpurkar
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 376(2)(g) IPC for the rape of the prosecutrix, affirming the four-year sentence imposed by the Trial Court and upheld by the High Court. The Court found the evidence of the prosecutrix and her husband credible, noting that the delay in filing the FIR was justified. The judgment emphasized the importance of corroborative evidence in sexual assault cases and the necessity of considering the socio-economic background of the victims in assessing the case.