'Absence Of Injury To Private Parts Not Always Fatal To Rape Case': SC Upholds Conviction In 1984 Case

'Absence Of Injury To Private Parts Not Always Fatal To Rape Case': SC Upholds Conviction In 1984 Case

A bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Prasanna B Varale emphasised that, under settled principles of criminal jurisprudence, the evidence of a prosecutrix in a rape case holds the same evidentiary value as that of an injured witness.

Pre-recorded evidence has no impact on rape conviction rates, MoJ claims - Business Fast

There is no evidence to suggest that pre-recorded video evidence from complainants and witnesses in sexual offence trials reduces jury conviction rates, the Ministry of Justice said yesterday.   Its research contradicts an MoJ-commissioned study published last year by Professor Cheryl Thomas at University College London, which found an average of 20% fewer rape convictions in trials that used pre-recorded evidence – and conviction rates were 10%…

supreme court verdict in 40 year old case injury to private parts not necessary to prove rape

Supreme Court Verdict: The Supreme Court made an important remark while giving its verdict in a 40-year-old rape case. The apex court said that the presence of injury marks on the private parts is not necessary to prove rape. Other evidence can also be made the basis for this. The Supreme Court upheld the trial court's decision holding the tuition teacher guilty of raping his own student. The teacher said that there were no injury marks on the p…

In Powerful Verdict, Islamabad High Court Upholds Conviction of Rapist While Defining 'Consent' - Dissent Today

ISLAMABAD: Upholding the conviction of a man charged with raping a 20-year-old woman, the Islamabad High Court judge Justice Babar Sattar outlined several principles about consent and social stigma in cases of rape and sexual assault. The judge ruled in the verdict that consent must be free and voluntary and that “mere submission” due to fear or coercion does not constitute consent. “Mere submission in consequence of force or threats is not cons…

40 years after rape, SC says injury to private parts not must for conviction – Latest For Me

NEW DELHI: In an over 40-year-old incident of sexual assault of a schoolgirl by her tuition teacher, Supreme Court has confirmed his guilt and sentence while ruling that courts can record conviction even in absence of injury to the prosecutrix’s private parts, when other evidence corroborates rape.The accused had argued that rape charges could not be proved as there was no injury to the private parts of the girl and alleging that the girl’s moth…