New Delhi, July 10: An accused can be convicted for rape even if there are no injuries on the private parts of the victim as the same does not amount to consensual sex, the Supreme Court has ruled.
“Corroborative evidence is not an imperative component of judicial credence in every case of rape nor the absence of injuries on the private parts of the victim can be construed as evidence of consent,” a bench of Justices V S Sirpurkar and R M Lodha said.
The bench passed the ruling while rejecting the argument of convict Rajender alias Raju who claimed that absence of any injuries on the victims’ private parts indicated that she consented to the sex and that the charge of rape was not corroborated by any other evidence except the testimony of the victim.
—Agencies