Lok Mal @ Loku vs State Of Uttar Pradesh 2025 INSC 344 - S.376 IPC - Rape - Absence Of Injuries On Victim
Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 376 -Absence of injuries on the private parts of the victim is not always fatal to the case of the prosecution - Merely because in the medical evidence, there are no major injury marks, this cannot a be a reason to discard the otherwise reliable evidence of the prosecutrix. It is not necessary that in each and every case where rape is alleged there has to be an injury to the private parts of the victim and it depends on the facts and circumstances of a particular case. (Para 11) The evidence of a prosecutrix in a case of rape is of the same value as that of an injured witness and conviction can be made on the basis of the sole testimony of the prosecutrix. (Para 13) The question of conviction of the accused for rape of the prosecutrix is independent and distinct. It has absolutely no connection with the character of the mother of the prosecutrix and seems to be a dire attempt at using it as a license to discredit the testimony of the prosecutrix. (Para 16)
