Corroboration is not the sine-quo-non for a conviction in a rape case.
Corroboration is not the sine-quo-non for a conviction in a rape case. In the Indian setting, refusal to act on the testimony of a victum of s*xual assault in the absence of corroboration as a rule, is adding insult to injury. Viewing the evidence of the girl or the women who complains of rape or s*xual molestation with the aid of spectacles fitted with lenses tinged with doubt, disbelief or suspicion, is to justify the charge of male chauvinism in a male dominated society. [287 F. 288 C-D] Rameshwar v. The State of Rajasthan, [1952] S.C.R. 377 @ 386 followed.
2:2. Corroboration may be considered essential to establish a s*xual offence in the backdrop of the social ecology of the Western World. It is wholly unnecessary to import th