Gauhati HC Acquits Man Convicted of Rape After DNA Test Exonerates Him

The Gauhati High Court acquitted Sudip Biswas, who was earlier convicted of rape by a trial court in 2022, after a DNA test proved he was not the father of the victim’s child.

Despite initially refusing the test, the Court ordered it to establish the truth over individual privacy concerns.

The Court also scrutinised the victim’s testimony, finding inconsistencies regarding the identity of her assailant.

The bench of Justices Michael Zothankhuma and Anjan Moni Kalita ruled that the prosecution’s case lacked foundation, leading to Biswas’ immediate release from custody. 

[Sudip Biswas @ Bura v. The State of Assam and Anr]