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The Handbook is intended to assist and guide police officers in the prevention of, and response to, violence against women. It is formulated primarily for use by police in transitional and developing countries where institutional means to protect women from violence have not yet been created or implemented.
A conviction for rape was appealed on the ground that it was based on uncorroborated evidence contrary to a statutory requirement. Citing the constitutional right against discrimination, the court concluded that the requirement for independent corroboration in sexual offenses is unconstitutional.
A female college student, who was raped by five men, initially did not report the rape, intentionally delaying the filing of a First Information Report (FIR). The court held that the delay in reporting is understandable since the crime of rape affects the honor of the victim and the reputation of her family.
A rape victim filed a case on her own, without support or corroboration of her family who had compromised with the accused. The court said that it is well settled that if the statement of the prosecutrix is considered trustworthy, no corroboration would be needed.
The case involved the highly publicized rape committed against Mukhtar Mai by four men, which was sanctioned by the panchayat (village council) as retribution for a trumped-up offense of her younger brother. The court held that delay in rape cases is not of much significance since victims are reluctant to go forward to report the crime to the police. On the need for corroboration, the court said that this would depend upon the facts and circumstances of each case and has to be assessed by the Court based on the entire evidence.
The Punjab Witness Protect Act 2018 establishes the Witness Protection Board and Witness Protection Units I and II relating to offenses of terrorism and serious offenses, respectively. The Act provides that a victim of any other person connected with a criminal proceeding and a person closely related to the said persons may apply for protection under it.
The accused in a rape case argued that no rape was committed as no injury was found on the private parts of the victim and her hymen was found to be intact. The court said that neither the non-rupture of the hymen nor the absence of injuries on her private parts belies the testimony of the prosecutrix particularly since the court found that in the cross-examination of the prosecutrix, nothing has been brought out to doubt her veracity or to suggest as to why she would falsely implicate the appellant and put her own reputation at stake.
Petitioners were accused of "insulting the modesty" of a group of girls who were walking in a park. The court rejected victim blaming, stating that the fact that a girl is old enough to look after herself decides to walk in a public place without someone to look after her and without her veil "can never be a ground for a miscreant to tease and annoy her for that reason."
The accused was found guilty of throwing acid on a woman which resulted in superficial to deep burns to her body and permanent blindness in her right eye. While the judgment was in favor of the woman, the prominence placed by the decision on the face of the victim for being the most beautiful part of a woman may indicate a limited appreciation of women.