The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction of a doctor accused of rape, ruling that allegations levelled in a First Information Report (FIR) cannot be presumed to be true unless proved during the trial by leading cogent evidence. The bench, comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi, observed that the Trial Court
Victim’s Testimony Central in Rape Trial; FIR Allegations Cannot Sustain Conviction Without Cogent Proof When Prosecutrix Turns Hostile: Supreme Court
