Rape Need Not Involve Removal Of Clothes: Meghalaya High Court
NDTV
Hearing a case involving the alleged rape of a 10-year-old, a division bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W Diengdoh, upheld the order of a lower court which had convicted the accused.
A sexual assault even over underclothes will amount to rape, and the accused will be charged under Section 375 (b) of the Indian Penal Code, the Meghalaya High Court said.
Hearing a case involving the alleged rape of a 10-year-old, a division bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W Diengdoh, upheld the order of a lower court which had convicted the accused.
The incident dated back to September 23, 2006. The judges said the girl, even during the medical examination a week later, had pain in her private parts and there is sufficient evidence of penetrative sex even though the accused claimed he had not removed her underclothes.
On October 31, 2018, a trial court convicted the man and sentenced him to 10 years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000.
