Chhattisgarh High Court Overturns Rape Conviction, Calls Trial Court’s Approach “Perverse”
Justice R.S. Garg acquits the accused after finding that the trial court ignored key cross-examination evidence and failed to apply basic principles of criminal jurisprudence. The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside the conviction of a man accused of rape, holding that the trial court’s findings were “perverse,” “irrational,” and based on an incomplete reading…