Gang rape: Rape by one can implicate all involved, rules SC

Upholding the conviction of an accused in a 2004 case of gangrape, abduction, and wrongful confinement in Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court held that an act of rape even by one person can implicate all in the gang if they acted with a common intention of committing the crime.

- PARMOD KUMAR

Referring to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1983 (Explanation 1 to 376(2)(g)), a bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice K.V. Viswanathan, in a judgment delivered on Thursday, 1 May, said it was not necessary that the prosecution should adduce clinching proof of the complete act of rape by each one of the accused on the victim or on each one of the victims, where there are more than one.