Rape Case - Once Court Believes Survivor's Version, Failure Of Police To Send Seized Clothes To Forensic Laboratory Insignificant : Supreme Court

Awstika Das

24 Nov 2022 2:45 PM IST

  • Rape Case - Once Court Believes Survivors Version,  Failure Of Police To Send Seized Clothes To Forensic Laboratory Insignificant : Supreme Court

    Once the court believes the statement of a survivor of sexual assault, it is sufficient to establish an offence punishable under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the failure of the police to send seized articles to the forensic science laboratory would not affect the outcome in such a case, held the Supreme Court in November, while confirming the conviction of...

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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