https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278216 The testimony of a victim of sexual assault is entitled to great weight and may sustain a conviction without independent corroboration when it is natural, consistent, and supported by surrounding probabilities or medical evidence. Minor discrepancies that do not go to the root of the case do not, by themselves, undermine otherwise trustworthy evidence. The concurrent findings of guilt were found supportable on the evidence, so the conviction was maintained; only the sentence for attempt to commit rape was reduced, having regard to the lapse of time, loss of employment, and the overall circumstances. en-us Tue, 24 May 1983 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:25:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278216 The testimony of a victim of sexual assault is entitled to great weight and may sustain a conviction without independent corroboration when it is natural, consistent, and supported by surrounding probabilities or medical evidence. Minor discrepancies that do not go to the root of the case do not, by themselves, undermine otherwise trustworthy evidence. The concurrent findings of guilt were found supportable on the evidence, so the conviction was maintained; only the sentence for attempt to commit rape was reduced, having regard to the lapse of time, loss of employment, and the overall circumstances. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 24 May 1983 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278216