STATE OF MAHARASHTRA vs RAVIKANT SHANKARAPPA PATIL .

The Supreme Court overturned the Bombay High Court's judgment that acquitted the accused of charges under Sections 148, 452, 366, 342, 323, 506 IPC, and Section 386 r/w Section 511 IPC, holding that the prosecution had established the elements of coercion and lack of consent in the alleged forced marriage and subsequent rape of the prosecutrix. The Court emphasized that the evidence of the prosecutrix, corroborated by other witnesses, was credible and sufficient to uphold the trial court's conviction. The judgment reaffirmed the importance of consent in marriage and the legal implications of coercion under Indian law.