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PRJ-LIVE-MH-1972-MATHURARapeCLOSED ACQUITTED

Location: Chandrapur, Maharashtra

Incident: 1972-03-26

IPC Sections: 376

Victims: 1

Data confidence:97%

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Timeline · 4 events

  1. FIR FILEDMilestone97%

    Mathura (16), tribal girl, raped by two police constables (Tukaram and Ganpat) at Desai Gunj police station, Maharashtra, after being brought in for questioning about her brother. FIR filed; constables arrested.

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  2. VERDICT PRONOUNCEDMilestone95%

    Sessions Court convicts both constables; sentenced to 5 years. Bombay HC upholds conviction on appeal.

    Court: Sessions Court, Chandrapur

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  3. VERDICT PRONOUNCEDMilestone99%

    SC (Tukaram v. State of Maharashtra) acquits both constables. Court holds absence of injury signs meant "consent." 4 law professors write open letter to CJI condemning the ruling as defying logic.

    Court: Supreme Court of India

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  4. LEGISLATION ENACTEDMilestone99%

    Parliament enacts Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 1983: adds Sec 376 B/C/D for custodial rape, shifts burden of proof to accused in custodial rape cases, makes past sexual history inadmissible. Direct result of Mathura outcry.

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Key Milestones

  • ◆1972-03-26FIR FILED
  • ◆1974-06-01VERDICT PRONOUNCED
  • ◆1979-09-15VERDICT PRONOUNCED
  • ◆1983-12-25LEGISLATION ENACTED
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