Supreme Court of India · 2010-01-12
Dinesh Jaiswal vs State Of M.P
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2010 SUPREME COURT 1540
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Dinesh Jaiswal
- Respondent
- State Of M.P
- Bench
- Harjit Singh Bedi, J.M. Panchal
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 376 IPC for the rape of the prosecutrix, despite the testimony of two key witnesses being declared hostile. The Court emphasized that the sole testimony of the prosecutrix, corroborated by circumstantial evidence, was sufficient to establish the case against the appellant. The Court dismissed the appellant's arguments regarding the credibility of the prosecutrix's account and the medical evidence, affirming the lower courts' findings and the sentence of rigorous imprisonment for 10 years.