PATNA, India, Oct. 6 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Sept. 8:
We may commence our judgment with the celebrated observation of the Hon'ble Justice Krishna Iyer (as his Lordship then was)-
"Rape is a crime more serious than murder as it destroys the very soul of the hapless female."
"When a female is raped, what is inflicted is not mere physical injury but a deep sense of some deathless shame."
2. At the same time, it is our observation that an accused who is falsely implicated in a case of sexual violence is not only socially castigated and declined to accept even by the members of his own family, but he also dies regularly being a victim of a false allegation, suffering conviction and sentence for prolonged period o...