Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 376 & 447 [Corresponding Secs. 64 & 329(3) of BNS, 2023]–Conviction–Sustainability–Inordinate delay in lodging the FIR–Discrepancy with regard to date of the incident–Statements of the prosecutrix are not corroborated with her police statements and testimony of other witnesses–No external or internal injury was found in her medical examination–Prosecution failed to produce the doctor who prepared the medical report–Prosecution failed to prove its case beyond the reasonable doubt–Appellant is entitled to be acquitted.
