Live! Consent of girl not possible in case of gang rape, says SC

July 23, 2013 20:38

Consent of a girl is not possible in case of gang rape and the accused cannot defend himself on the ground of victim's complicity, the Supreme Court held today.

The apex court said the girl cannot be a consenting party in case of gang rape and it will be presumed that the prosecutrix did not give consent.

A bench of justices B S Chauhan and S A Bobde dismissed the plea of the accused who had submitted that there was consent on the part of victim. It upheld trial court's verdict of sentencing them to ten years of imprisonment.

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