Non-Reportable 2024 INSC 421 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2567 OF 2024 State of Himachal Pradesh … Appellant versus Raghubir Singh & Ors. … Respondents with CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2568 OF 2024 J U D G M E N T ABHAY S. OKA, J. FACTUAL ASPECTS 1. The respondents in Criminal Appeal No.2567 of 2024 have been convicted by the High Court of Himachal Pradesh at Shimla by the impugned judgment and order dated 2nd March 2017 for the offence punishable under clause (g) of sub-section (2) of Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘the IPC’). They were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs.50,000/- each. They were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months on default of payment of fine. The fine amount, if deposited, was ordered to be paid to the prosecutrix. 2. PW-5 is the prosecutrix. The alleged incident is of 8th July 1989. Initially, the accused were prosecuted for the