Highlighting the importance of a consistent and credible narrative from the prosecutrix in rape cases the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recently ruled that courts must undertake a rigorous scrutiny of a prosecutrix's testimony before reliance can be placed on it. Additionally, the investigating officer did not examine the victim's brother, who allegedly rescued her, or the …
The Supreme Court observed that mere quarrel on the day of occurrence cannot attract the offence of abetment of suicide under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code.The bench of Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose reiterated that mere harassment without any positive action on the part of the accused proximate to the time of occurrence which led to the …
