The Supreme Court of India has overturned the conviction of a Gujarat-based doctor accused of raping a patient in 2001, emphasizing that criminal convictions cannot be sustained when primary witnesses turn hostile and medical evidence fails to support the prosecution’s claims. The bench comprising of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi, sets aside…
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Supreme Court Acquits Gujarat Doctor in Rape Case, Citing Lack of Reliable Evidence
Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma is the Content Editor at JurisHour. He has been writing about the Indian legal market. He has covered tax & company litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and Various Tribunals. Amit graduated from MLSU Law College with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. from MLSU, Udaipur, Rajasthan. An Advocate in Taxation, and practised in Tribunals as well as Rajasthan High Court and pursued Masters in Constitutional Law. He started out small with little resources but a big plan to take tax legal education to the remotest locations across India and eventually to the world. His vision is to make tax related legal developments accessible to the masses.
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