minor rape

Orissa High Court
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“In cases involving adolescents or young adults, especially where the relationship is not formally sanctioned by families, legal proceedings may become a proxy for familial disapproval rather than a genuine invocation of victimhood.”

orissa high court
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The Court said that the Trial Court had rightly convicted the appellant under Sections 366, 376(2)(n), 370-A and 506 of the IPC, as it was successfully established by the Prosecution that the victim was a minor and the statement of the victim was clear, cogent, trustworthy.

gujarat high court
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The Court also directed the Medical Panel to conduct an ossification test of the minor.