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'Perfect Victim' In Rape Cases Is A Myth; Women Deal With Trauma In Different Ways : Bombay High Court In Tarun Tejpal Case
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Supreme Court - High Court - Legal Breaking News | Live Law India
While convicting former Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka magazine Tarun Tejpal in a 2013 rape case, on August 6, the Bombay High Court bench at Goa, busted the 'stereotypical myth' that victims of sexual offences must behave or conduct themselves in a particular manner and behave like a 'perfect victim' by exhibiting vulnerability for the courts to 'believe' her woes.
A division bench of Justice...