INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday said that the testimony of a woman rape complainant cannot universally be considered a
not deceitfully display or exhibit moral turpitude or depreciate or denigrate herself either in the family or in society
Instances are there where allegations were made for malicious intent, false implication and revengetic consideration, the court said.The
prosecution had stated that the woman was alone in her Purulia home in 2006, when her neighbour entered her room and raped her, putting a
cloth in her mouth, preventing her from screaming
In her complaint, she mentioned that she was alone, but in another statement and cross-examination, she said she was breastfeeding her child
when the petitioner entered her room
The court also observed several deviations in the versions of the prosecution witnesses
did not specifically mention commission of rape...The report of forensic examination of the wearing apparels of the victim was not on
raise an alarm.Finding that the prosecution cannot be said to have proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, the court set aside the
