Chhattisgarh HC upholds 25-year sentence in gang rape case of deaf and mute victim

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the 25-year prison sentences of five men for the gang rape of a 22-year-old deaf and mute woman in 2019. The court found that DNA evidence and the victim’s testimony, interpreted by an instructor, corroborated the prosecution’s case, leaving no room for doubt about the men’s guilt.