High Court of Bombay at Nagpur Assesses Appeal by Convict in Child Rape Case Involving Kidnapping and Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault — Conviction Based on Circumstantial Evidence Under IPC and POCSO Act. The Court, Applying the Tests for Circumstantial Evidence Laid Down in Sharad Birdhichand Sarda and Padala Veera Reddy, Found the Testimony of the 10-Year-Old Brother (PW-2) Who Saw the Accused Taking the Victim to be Trustworthy and a Critical Last Seen Link.
29 Nov 2021The appeal before the High Court of Bombay, Nagpur Bench, arose from the conviction of the appellant for kidnapping and raping an 18-month-old girl. T...
