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Cr.A. 476/2025, High Court of Chhattisgarh Bilaspur (decided 14.08.2025): conviction under S.376 IPC set aside; sole testimony of prosecutrix not of sterling quality; material contradictions — distance of police station (70 m per spot map Ext.P-4 vs 4 km claimed), place of occurrence (road vs field), PW-8 washing clothes vs bathing; no injuries found in medical examination though doctor opined forcible intercourse against resistance must injure; FSL report negative for semen on slides/clothes (Ext.P-30); written report Ext.P-1 typed by police clerks, FIR delayed two days after failed panchayat mediation; panchayat fine of Rs.1,00,000 on appellant over money/land dispute; false implication; benefit of doubt; acquittal; relied on Raju v. State of M.P. (2008) 15 SCC 133, Rai Sandeep v. State (NCT of Delhi) (2012) 8 SCC 21, Santosh Prasad v. State of Bihar (2020) 3 SCC 443; referred Sadashiv Ramrao Hadbe (2006) 10 SCC 92; Sessions Case 64/2024, FTC Konta, District Sukma.