They contended that they had been falsely implicated in the case. They claimed that the deceased person had visited the house of two appellants, who were siblings, and raped one of the sibling’s minor daughter before sustaining injuries while trying to escape.
Further, they informed the Court that for the offence of rape, an FIR had been registered and the offences had been proved against the deceased person.
The accused also underlined that as per police statements, the deceased person was already beaten up by the villagers and that there was no eyewitness saying that the appellants were involved in commission of the alleged crime.
The third accused contended that he had nothing to do with the crime and only happened to be the neighbour of the other accused.
Moreover, the fourth accused, a woman, had already been granted bail, the Court was informed.
Source: Barandbench
