(Rape) Conviction Cannot Be Solely Based On Statements Made To Police U/s 154/161 CrPC: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, while acquitting a rape accused, observed that the conviction of an accused cannot be based solely on a statement of the witnesses recorded by the Police under Section 161 or 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.The bench comprising Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Surya Kant acquitted a man convicted in a rape case by the Trial Court fifteen years ago, in 2004. In...