Supreme Court of India · 2019-04-30
Thongam Tarun Singh vs The State Of Manipur
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2019 SUPREME COURT 2456
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Thongam Tarun Singh
- Respondent
- The State Of Manipur
- Author
- R.Banumathi
- Bench
- S. Abdul Nazeer, R. Banumathi
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 376(2)(g) IPC for gang rape and Section 120-B IPC for criminal conspiracy, affirming the High Court's decision. The appellants were sentenced to fifteen years of rigorous imprisonment for the gang rape and ten years for conspiracy, to run concurrently. The Court rejected the appellants' contention regarding the framing of charges, confirming that the charges were appropriately framed under the relevant sections of the IPC.