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**Supreme Court Acquits Man in Rape Case Due to Lack of Evidence on Victim\u2019s Age and Consent ,Conviction Overturned, Court Cites Unproven Age and Voluntary Cohabitation **<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Court acquitted Birka Shiva, overturning his conviction under Sections 376, 363, and 342 IPC, citing insufficient proof of the victim\u2019s minority and lack of evidence to establish kidnapping, wrongful confinement, or non-consensual sexual intercourse.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Court:<\/strong>
Supreme Court of India<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Case:<\/strong>
Criminal Appeal No. __<\/strong> of 2025 (Arising out of SLP(Cri.) No. 1445 of 2025)
Birka Shiva vs. The State of Telangana<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of Judgement:<\/strong>
July 16, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Act:<\/strong>
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Sections 376, 363, 342)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

**Supreme Court Acquits Man in Rape Case Due to Lack of Evidence on Victim’s Age and Consent ,Conviction Overturned, Court Cites Unproven Age and Voluntary Cohabitation ** The Supreme Court acquitted Birka Shiva, overturning his conviction under Sections 376, 363, and 342 IPC, citing insufficient proof of the victim’s minority and lack of evidence to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nCriminal Appeal No. of 2025 (Arising out of SLP(Cri.) 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