Supreme Court Restores Acquittal in Rape Case Citing Conflict Between Oral Testimony and Forensic Findings

The Supreme Court set aside a Himachal Pradesh High Court judgment that reversed the acquittal of an accused in a rape case, holding that medical and forensic evidence contradicting prosecution witnesses creates a grave doubt regarding the allegations. A Division Bench comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar held that the High Court [...]