JUDGMENT :

Shree Chandrashekhar, J.

The appellants are in appeal under section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the judgment of conviction under section 376(2)(g) of the Indian Penal Code.

2. In the afternoon of 23.09.2011, a minor girl was abducted and ravished by four friends near village Degri. She reached home in the evening and narrated the incident to her mother. Next day, accompanied by her father she submitted a written report at Torpa police station. A First Information Report was lodged under section 376(2)(g) of the Indian Penal Code against Chhotoo Kumar, Chandan Kumar, Firoj Ansari @ Munna and Javed Hussain @ Manua. The statements of the prosecutrix, her mother and father were recorded by the investigating officer the same day under section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as CrPC) and on 26.09.2011 statement of the prosecutrix was also recorded under section 164 CrPC. She was clinically examined by Dr. Rashmi Romila Sanga on 25.09.2011 at Sadar Hospital, Khunti and the vaginal swab and X-ray of her elbow joint, wrist joint, pelvic etc. were taken. No external injury on the body or any injury over vulva and thigh of the prosec