KARAM SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) KARAM Singh appellant, resident of village Mairipur, Police Station Sadar Kapurthala, for having committed the offences under Sections 376 and 312 of the Indian Penal Code. The learned trial court acquitted him for the offence under Section 376 but convicted him under Section 312 read with section 511, Indian Penal Code, and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year.

(2.) THE prosecution story as gathered from the evidence is that P.W. 4 Paramjit Kaur, aged about 13 years, of village Malian was running temperature about 2.1/2 months prior to 5th January, 1980. She went to the clinic of the accused to get medicine. The accused took her to the rear portion of his clinic. After threatening her with a knife he committed rape on her. Thereafter he threatened her that in case she disclosed the incident to anybody he would kill her. Paramjit Kaur returned to her house and did not tell that incident to anybody.

(3.) P .W. 9 A.S.I. Hardial Singh took Paramjit Kaur to Civil Hospital Kapurthala where she was medically examined by PW 2 Dr. Shobha Madan. The said doctor did not find any mark of external injury on the body of Paramjit Kuar. The examination of private parts revealed :-