DAULAT . vs STATE OF M.P — Crl.A. No. 324/2007

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the criminal appeal filed by Daulat and another against the State of Madhya Pradesh on 22 January 2008. The appellants had been acquitted by the Trial Court of charges under Section 376 IPC (rape), but the High Court reversed this acquittal, convicted them, and sentenced them to seven years imprisonment plus Rs. 1,000 fine each (with three months additional imprisonment in default). The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision, finding the Trial Court's acquittal was perverse and that the High Court was justified in reversing it and imposing the minimum seven-year sentence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.