Lack of Physical Resistance by Victim Doesn’t Mean Consent- Madras HC Upholds Rape Conviction

While dismissing the accused’s criminal revision petition, the Madras High Court upheld a rape conviction by the trial court and rejection of appeal by a Sessions Judge, holding that the lack of physical and violent resistance against the accused does not make the act consensual.  Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy observed:  “The fact that the victim

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