SC Upholds Conviction Of Man Accused Of Raping Minor Girl; Rejects His Plea That It Was Consensual [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered last month, upheld the conviction of a man accused of raping a minor in the year 1992.The bench comprising rejected his no offence under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code is made out since the victim was a consenting party. The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered last month, upheld the conviction of a man accused of raping a minor in the year 1992. The bench comprising rejected his no offence under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code is made out since the victim was a consenting party. A man is said to commit "rape" if he-- penetrates his penis, to any extent, into the vagina, mouth, urethra or anus of a woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person; or inserts, to any extent, any object or a part of the body, not being the penis, into the vagina, the urethra or anus of a woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person; or manipulates any part of the body of a woman so as to cause penetration into the vagina, urethra, anus or any part of body of such woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person; or applies his mouth to the vagina, anus, urethra of a woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person, under the circumstances falling under any of the following seven descriptions: First.Against her will.