REWA RAM SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) These appeals are directed against the judgment dated 31st March, 2008, passed in Sessions Trial No.3/2007 by the 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Baloda Bazar, District Raipur. By the impugned judgment, the appellants have been convicted under Section 376 (2) (g) IPC and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.50,000 with default sentence of R.I. for 5 years.

(2.) The facts, briefly stated, are as under:

(3.) Learned counsel for the appellants have argued that the accused persons were falsely implicated in this case; none of them had participated in the crime; the prosecutrix, in fact, could not identify the assailants; the version of the prosecutrix was not reliable; the accused persons were shown to the prosecutrix and other witnesses, therefore, the Test Identification Parades (TIPs) vitiate; the Investigating Officer was not examined; the lady Doctor was also not examined; therefore, the conviction cannot be sustained.