New Delhi: The testimony of a woman who was mentally challenged who had told the incident of rape committed to him in the question of the answer before the court had named the perpetrator as the Supreme Court on Thursday enforced his belief while ending his statement as “credible”.
The 36-year-old woman, who suffered from 70% disability and was raped in Uttarakhand in September 2015, had testified before the trial court in the form of a question as an oath could not be given to him because he could not understand his meaning.
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The court court, which had been punished and sentenced the man of 10 years in October 2016, has noted in his decision that during a cross-examination of women has correctly identified the photo frame of the Mahatma Gandhi’s father and former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
A request submitted by the prisoners challenged the decision of March 2019 the High Court, who had refused his appeal and confirmed the assessment of the court trial, appeared to hear before the judicial bench, Bose Aniruddha.
“There are certain contradictions in the evidence.
However, we of the views considered that the testimony of prosecutrix (women) that can be trusted can be a single basis for confidence in the applicant below section 376 (2) (L) IPC,” Bench said.
Section 376 (2) (L) of the IPC is related to violations of rape carried out in someone who suffers from mental or physical disabilities.
SC found a credible mentally ill female account, upholding the confidence of rapists
