Withholding Rape Victim's Medico Legal Report Raises Adverse Presumption Against Prosecution Case Court Acquits Life Convict After 12 Yrs: Patna High Court
In a recent judgment by the Patna High Court, the conviction of an individual for the crime of rape under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been upheld, while acquitting him of charges under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The case involved Mantu Yadav as the appellant, who was accused of committing the heinous crime in the Baunsi area of the…
