As per case facts, a school girl was raped by the respondent, leading to police complaint and medical examination. The accused was charged under Section 376 IPC, but the High ... Court reversed his conviction. The question arose whether the High Court was justified in disbelieving the prosecutrix's testimony based on reasons like alleged lack of injuries in a thorny ditch, improbability of the location, delay in filing the complaint, and miscalculation of the victim's age, despite corroborating medical evidence and witness testimonies. Finally, the Supreme Court found the High Court's reasoning unacceptable, emphasizing that the prosecutrix's evidence was well-corroborated. It noted the societal context where delay in reporting sexual offenses is common due to stigma, and corrected the High Court's age calculation. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, restoring the conviction and sentence against the respondent, and criticized the refusal of doctors to examine rape victims without police referral.