On October 18, the Patna High Court, presided over by Justice Sandeep Kumar, overturned a man's conviction for attempted rape, instead substituting it with a charge for outraging a woman's modesty. The ruling stems from a February 2010 incident in Bihar's Begusarai district, where the court affirmed his conviction for house trespass.
The High Court clarified that actions such as entering a woman's house at night, extinguishing a lamp, lying on her, and pressing her mouth to prevent cries, while grave, do not, by themselves, establish an attempt to commit rape without evidence of an overt act towards penetration. Justice Kumar emphasized the legal
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