Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Verdict Terming Acts Against Minor as Not Attempt to Rape, Calls It Erroneous: Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court has set aside the controversial judgment of the Allahabad High Court which had held that allegations of grabbing a minor girl’s breast and loosening the string of her pyjama amounted only to preparation and not attempt to rape. The Supreme Court held that the High Court misapplied settled principles of criminal law and wrongly diluted the charges. The Court restored the original summoning order passed by the…