Summary:
With the High Court setting aside that part of the verdict, the duo will only face an imprisonment of 10 years under the remaining charges now. The High Court has upheld the conviction of the two men from Haryana’s Fatehabad under sections 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code for kidnapping the minor. (File photo) The High Court has upheld the conviction of the two men from Haryana’s Fatehabad under sections 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code for kidnapping the minor. However, the High Court has upheld the conviction of the two men from Haryana’s Fatehabad under sections 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code for kidnapping the minor. (File photo)Stating that “finding of human semen cannot be linked to the offence of rape”, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted two men — earlier convicted by a trial court in 2013 — of gangrape of an 11-year-old, rejecting both the forensic evidence and doctor’s opinion in the case..