PEKHAN RAM vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH — Crl.A. No. 1383/2009

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Pekhan Ram's criminal appeal on May 14, 2013. The appellant was convicted under IPC Section 376 for having sexual intercourse with a girl below 16 years of age (determined to be 13 years old based on school records and birth certificate), despite the trial court finding the act consensual. The Court upheld the conviction and seven-year rigorous imprisonment sentence, rejecting the defence's reliance on a doctor's opinion estimating the victim's age at 18 years, finding documentary evidence more credible than medical estimation. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.