Today, On 2nd July, The Supreme Court suspended the trial court’s 10-year sentence given to Kiran Kumar in the dowry-related death of his wife, Vismaya. The 24-year-old Ayurveda student was found hanging in her husband’s house in 2021.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India upheld that if an alleged rape victim refuses to undergo a medical examination, it can lead to negative inferences against their claims. The bench, comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice NK Singh, made this important observation while hearing an appeal filed by the State of Himachal Pradesh. The appeal was against a High Court judgment that had acquitted an accused in a rape case.
