BHANWAR LAL vs STATE OF RAJASTHAN — Crl.A. No. 626/2001
Case under Section II-D. Status: Disposed.
CNR: SCIN010003802001
Filing Date
02-Jan-2001
Registration No
Crl.A. No. 626/2001
Diary Number
380/2001
Order Date
12-Sep-2007
Document Type
ROP - of Main Case
Disposal Type
Allowed
Last updated 12-Jun-2026
Acts & Sections
Petitioner(s)
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1.BHANWAR LAL
Adv. KUSUM CHAUDHARY (Dead / Retired / Elevated)
Respondent(s)
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1.STATE OF RAJASTHAN
Adv. ASHOK K. MAHAJAN
Case History
Case Summary: Bhanwar Lal v. State of Rajasthan (Crl.A. No. 626/2001) Outcome: The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and modified the High Court's judgment on September 12, 2007. The Court reduced the sentence from 10 years to 7 years rigorous imprisonment for the Section 376 IPC (rape) conviction. The appellant was ordered to be taken back into custody to serve the remaining sentence period. Key Facts: The appellant was acquitted by the trial court in 1984 for raping a 7-year-old girl in 1982, but the High Court reversed this acquittal and convicted him to 10 years imprisonment. The Supreme Court considered the 25-year delay since the crime, the trial court's acquittal, and the victim's settled life as mitigating factors warranting sentence reduction. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.
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