News Delhi High Court denies bail in bigamy-rape-cruelty case — “Concealment of prior marriage vitiates consent; threats, forced intimacy and digital evidence strengthen prosecution” — bail application dismissed RawlawDecember 14, 20257 min read
News Delhi High Court overturns rape conviction based on promise-to-marry — “Possibility that prosecutrix knew of accused’s marriage cannot be ruled out; no evidence of deception or force” — appellant acquitted RawlawDecember 14, 20257 min read
News Delhi High Court affirms rape conviction but reduces sentence — “Prosecutrix’s testimony consistent and corroborated; 23-year delay merits sentencing leniency” — appeal partly allowed RawlawDecember 12, 20256 min read
News Karnataka High Court holds that “criminal law cannot be used to rewrite consensual intimacy as rape” — Court quashes Section 64 BNS FIR after finding no ingredients of non-consensual sexual assault RawlawNovember 28, 20256 min read
News Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction for Rape: “DNA Evidence Establishes Paternity Beyond Doubt; Delay in FIR Not Fatal When Scientific Proof Corroborates Testimony” RawlawOctober 9, 20257 min read
News Delhi High Court Grants Bail to Man Accused of Circulating Objectionable Content and Rape on Promise of Marriage: “Prosecutrix’s Own Statement Suggests Consent, Delay in Complaint Unexplained” RawlawAugust 1, 20255 min read
News Tripura High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Accused in Rape on False Promise of Marriage Case Noting Consensual Relationship, Delay of Four Years in Complaint, and Lack of Evidence Showing False Promise at Inception RawlawJuly 1, 20256 min read
News Tripura High Court Upholds Life Sentence for Man Convicted of Rape and Murder of Woman Collecting Firewood, Citing Forensic DNA Match, Recovery of Articles, and Unbroken Circumstantial Chain to Deny Appeal RawlawJuly 1, 20256 min read
News Delhi High Court Upholds Rape Conviction Despite Minor Testimonial Inconsistencies: “Consent Immaterial Where Victim Is a Minor; DNA Evidence and Recovery Corroborate Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt” — Statutory Presumption under Section 29 of POCSO Remained Unrebutted RawlawJune 29, 20256 min read
News Chhattisgarh High Court Grants Bail in POCSO and Rape Case Citing Victim’s Deposition—“No Allegation in Section 164 Statement; Victim Accompanied of Her Own Will” RawlawJune 16, 20253 min read
