Rape Conviction Upheld But SC/ST Atrocity Charges Dropped: Gujarat High Court

The case involves the accused tenant of Somabhai Vankar, residing in his house at the village of Sagarama. The victim, a student of 10th standard at S.N. Kadakia High School, was forcibly taken by the accused on November 5, 2012, while she was en route to school with her friend Savitaben Rathva. The accused forced the victim into a rickshaw and took her across several places, including Devgad Baria, Piplod,…