A rape that is perpetrated by a person who is known and familiar with the victim is known as acquaintance rape. In most instances, acquaintances of the victim are someone he/she is dating, co-worker, classmate, teacher, family member, therapist, spouse, etc. Most studies show that about 60% and 80% of all reported rape cases are acquaintance rapes. Acquaintance Rape and any other form of Sexual Assault is a Criminal Offence.
In the eyes of Indian law, an accused is considered as an innocent until proven guilty and this principle is known as “Presumption of Innocence”. One can trace its existence by having a reference of Indian Constitution, Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 and some landmark judgements. As being a human an accused have all the basic rights which are guaranteed by our constitution for example right to life, personal liberty and no one can be deprived of those rights except a procedure established by the law
We as human beings have always wanted our rights to be well protected, and therefore, from time to time we have revolted against the then rulers and changed and modified the concept of the state. If we go back to the stone age era, there was no ruler and no concept of the state as such, people used to live cooperatively or independently depending on their needs, there was no law governing them but the law of nature and they just lived to fulfill their basic needs i.e. food, clothing, and shelter, but with time came
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