Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 376, 363 & 366–Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989–Sec. 3–Conviction–On the date of occurrence, the prosecutrix was aged between 17 &19 years–Contradiction between her statements u/s. 164 and testimony–Doubtful testimony–No medical corroboration–Her hymen had torn long ago–No injury on private parts in spite of ravishing by two persons–She lived in a hotel and in a rented house in crowed area–Neither sought any help, protested nor attempted to flee from the clutches of appellants–Possibility of inter-community relations between accused and prosecutrix–Held, the order of conviction is liable to be set aside.
