Undressing woman for sexual assault amounts to attempt to rape: HC

Since the case is from 2004, it was decided as per IPC and now the appeal has been adjudicated by the high court

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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has observed that undressing a woman in a bid to rape her amounts to the offence of attempt to rape under Section 511 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Justice Rajnish Kumar passed the judgment on July 1, rejecting an appeal filed by a convict in the offence of attempt to rape a victim.

Since the case is from 2004, it was decided as per IPC and now the appeal has been adjudicated by the high court.

In this case, one Pradeep Kumar in 2004 had forcibly abducted the victim and kept her confined to a house for nearly 20 days.

Later, he had attempted to rape her by undressing her. He was convicted by the trial court and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.