No pleadings whatsoever have been filed by the complainant. Even during the course of hearing, the material relied upon by the accused was not refuted. As a matter of fact, the complainant/prosecutrix had herself approached the High Court, with...
RAPE
Corroboration is not the sine qua non for conviction in a rape case. The observations of Vivian Bose, J. in Rameshwar v. State of Rajasthan were: The rule, which according to the cases has hardened into one of law,...
KEYWORDS:- RAPE- ST/SC- December 8, 2017- The evidence and materials on record do not show that the appellant had committed rape on the victim on the ground that she belonged to Scheduled Caste. Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Prevention...
DATE: October 11, 2017 Sexual intercourse with a girl below 18 years of age is rape regardless of whether she is married or not. whether sexual intercourse between a man and his wife being a girl between 15 and...