--Sexual history/character of rape victim---Relevancy---"Two-finger test" (TFT) or "virginity test"--

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DNA test report---Evidentiary value---DNA test report due to its scientific accuracy and conclusiveness, was considered as a gold standard to establish the identity of an accused and a very strong corroborative piece of evidence......

Rape-----Testimony of victim---Sufficient for conviction---Rape was a crime that was usually committed in private, and there was hardly any witness to provide direct evidence of having seen the commission of crime by the accused person---Courts, therefore, did not insist upon producing direct evidence to corroborate the testimony of the victim if the same was found to be confidence inspiring in the overall particular facts and circumstances of a case, and considered such a testimony of the victim sufficient for conviction of the accused person---Rape victim stood on a higher pedestal than an injured witness, for an injured witness got the injury on the physical form while the rape victim suffered psychologically and emotionally.....

Rape---Sexual history/character of rape victim---Relevancy---"Two-finger test" (TFT) or "virginity test"---Constitutionality and legality---In rape cases sexual history/character of rape victim was not relevant and it could not be used to discredit the victim's credibility---

-Rape cases---Use of expressions, like "habituated to sex", "woman of easy virtue", "woman of loose moral character", and "non-virgin", for alleged rape victims in court judgments---Supreme Court observed that such intrusive and inappropriate expressions should be discontinued by the courts, even if they found that the charge of rape was not proved against the accused, and that such expressions were unconstitutional and illegal.......