Rape

The Supreme Court reinforces that child witness testimony reliability in rape cases can sustain conviction if credible, even without corroboration, and minor inconsistencies are not fatal.

In a controversial ruling, the Supreme Court quashed a rape conviction after the complainant married the accused before sentencing, holding that continuing the prosecution would defeat complete justice in a consensual relationship case.

Uttarakhand HC orders retrial for blind rape convict as trial documents weren’t provided in Braille, denying fair trial rights.

Supreme Court rules that failed relationships can't justify rape charges; quashes FIR against youth in false promise to marry case.

In Ravish Singh Rana v. State of Uttarakhand (2025), the Supreme Court quashed a rape charge filed by a woman after the end of a...