Varun Kumar Alias Sonu v. State of Himachal Pradesh 2025 INSC 1232 - Rape - Minor's Consent Immaterial
Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 376 - SC upholds a rape conviction and observed: Medical evidence does not rule out the possibility of rape upon the victim. Even assuming that the victim had wilfully volunteered to sexual intercourse, this aspect becomes immaterial, as the victim was a minor on the date of the incident in question. (Para 15)
Case Info
Case Details
- Case name: Varun Kumar Alias Sonu v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.
- Neutral citation: 2025 INSC 1232.
- Coram: Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi.
- Judgment date: October 14, 2025.
- Case number: Criminal Appeal No. 1295 of 2018.
- Disposition: Appeal dismissed; High Court conviction and sentence affirmed.
Statutes / Laws Referred
- Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 363, 366, 376, 377.
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 313.
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