JUDGMENT

INDEX TO THE JUDGMENT FACTUAL BACKGROUND .................................................................... 2 THE RIVAL CONTENTIONS ................................................................. 4 ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS ................................................................... 6 i. Appellant‟s statement under Section 313 of Cr.P.C. ............................................. 6 ii. The Testimony of Minor Victim ........................................................................... 6 iii. Evidence of Other Witnesses ................................................................................ 9 iv. Victim turning Hostile during Cross-Examination: Impact of Granting Long Adjournments on Trial ........................................................................................ 11 v. The Medical Evidence ......................................................................................... 19 vi. Addressing the Argument of Delay in Lodging the FIR and False Implication of Accused ........................................................................................................... 21 CONCLUSION .................................................