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Orissa HC: Version of Prosecutrix Need No Corroboration Can’t be Taken as a ‘Rigid Formula’ - (13 Jan 2023)

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Orissa High Court while observing that it is too broad a generalization to hold that a woman would never speak which will be detrimental to her character, has held that rule that version of the prosecutrix in rape cases need no corroboration can’t be taken as a rigid formula in every single case.

Tags : ORISSA HIGH COURT   RAPE   GENERALIZATION   CORROBORATION  

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