'No Clinching Evidence of Victim's Minority, Punishment of Man Convicted for Raping Niece Reduced: Chhattisgarh High Court
In a significant judgment dated August 22, 2025, the Chhattisgarh High Court altered the conviction of a man accused of committing rape on his niece. The division bench comprising Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad observed that the prosecution had failed to present clinching and legally admissible evidence to prove the victim's minority at the time of the incident. As a result, the Court modified the conviction from…
