No Medical Evidence and Vague FIR, 3 Men Acquitted in 1983 ‘Gang-Rape’ Case Involving 7-Month Pregnant Woman: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court acquitted three accused persons in an old gang rape case registered in 1983 after finding serious doubts in the prosecution story. Justice Avnish Saxena passed the judgment and granted benefit of doubt to Hetram, Shanker and Bhudat. The Court set aside the May 1984 judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Mathura, which had earlier convicted the accused under Section 376 IPC and sentenced them to seven…
