Akula Raghuram vs State Of Andhra Pradesh 2025 INSC 185 - S 366A IPC - Acquitted

Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Section 366A - Accused's appeal against concurrent conviction - Allowing appeal, SC observed; that Even if there is a consent, the accused cannot be absolved of a criminal liability if the child is a minor -Radiologist certifying her age to be between 16 to 17 years - Even in the case of ossification test, there could be a difference of two years, either way and in that circumstance, the age determination by the doctor as between 16 to 17 years does not conclusively establish that the victim was a minor child at the time of the alleged abduction- Radiologist was neither examined nor was the his report marked in evidence.