THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.543 of 2011 BETWEEEN: The State of A.P. … Appellant AND Machapothu Sreenu … Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.543 of 2011 JUDGMENT: The Assistant Sessions Judge, Mahabubnagar in Sessions Case No.78 of 2009 recorded acquittal of the accused/respondent of the charge under Section 376 I.P.C. Except evidence of the prosecutrix as PW1, there is no other corroborating oral evidence for the alleged rape which is stated to have taken place in agricultural fields. No doubt, evidence of the prosecution alone can form basis of conviction in a rape case, provided there is ring of truth in her evidence. Admittedly, there are previous land disputes between the families of the accused and the prosecutrix. There is another case pending against the accused family launched by family of the prosecutrix prior to the date of offence there for. There is every motive for the prosecutrix to implicate the accused in this case. Since the prosecutrix happened to be a married woman, there were no definite findings from the medical officer about commission of rape on her. There were no external injuries on her body or on or around her genetaria. There is no evidence of any grappling at the scene of offence, when the Investigating Officer inspected the scene. Having regard to all the above circumstances and particularly lack of medical corroboration, the lower Court rightly recorded acquittal against the accused and the lower Court is justified in law in doing so. 2. Hence, the appeal is dismissed. _____________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J Dated: 15.04.2011 ysk