Entering Woman’s House at Night, Lifting Her Clothes Not Sufficient to Constitute Attempt to Rape: Jharkhand High Court

RANCHI: Holding that an indecent assault lacking proximate overt acts towards sexual intercourse cannot sustain a conviction for attempt to rape, the High Court of Jharkhand, presided over by Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, altered the conviction of an appellant from Section 376/511 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to Section 354 IPC (assault or criminal

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