Singer-composer Vishal Dadlani recently reacted strongly to a judgment by the Chhattisgarh High Court in a rape case. The court allegedly modified a rape conviction to attempt to rape in a 2004 sexual assault case. The High Court observed that ejaculation without penetration does not meet the legal definition of rape under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), as it stood before the 2013 amendment.

About the case

The prosecution claimed that the incident occurred on May 21, 2004, when the accused allegedly dragged the victim to his house, locked her in a room, tied her hands and legs, gagged her, and sexually assaulted her. Following the incident, an FIR was registered, and the Additional Sessions Judge in Dhamtari had convicted the accused under Sections 376(1) and 342 IPC for rape and wrongful confinement.