PARKASH CHAND vs THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH MINISTRY OF HOME CHIEF SECRETARY — Crl.A. No. 2393/2010
Case under Section II-C. Status: Disposed.
CNR: SCIN010228192010
Filing Date
22-Jul-2010
Registration No
Crl.A. No. 2393/2010
Diary Number
22819/2010
Order Date
12-Feb-2019
Document Type
Judgement - of Main Case
Neutral Citation
2019 INSC 182
Disposal Type
Allowed
Last updated 06-Jul-2026
Acts & Sections
Petitioner(s)
-
1.PARKASH CHAND
Adv. RANA RANJIT SINGH[P-1] [Pr]
Respondent(s)
-
1.THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH MINISTRY OF HOME CHIEF SECRETARY
Adv. ABHINAV MUKERJI (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-1] [Gr]
Case History
-
Case disposedDisposed
-
12-Feb-2019
Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF
-
12-Feb-2019
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
-
12-Feb-2019
Fixed Date by Court
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph
-
04-Oct-2018
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
-
04-Oct-2018
First hearing
Initial hearing scheduled
-
11-Sep-2014
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
-
11-Sep-2014
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
-
22-Nov-2010
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
-
01-Oct-2010
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
-
09-Aug-2010
ROP - of Main CaseView PDF
-
22-Jul-2010
Case filed
Registration No. Crl.A. No. 2393/2010
-
[ 2019 INSC 182 ]
Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF
Case Summary: Parkash Chand v. State of Himachal Pradesh (2010) Decision: Supreme Court allowed the appeal and acquitted the appellant of rape (Section 376 IPC) and criminal intimidation (Section 506 IPC) charges, setting aside the convictions. Key Reasoning: The Court found the 7-month delay in filing the FIR, inconsistencies in witness testimony (particularly PW4 and PW5's versions), medical evidence indicating habituality of sexual intercourse, and the location near a common path made it unsafe to convict based solely on the prosecutrix's testimony. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.
Explore other courts