Short Note : 1. Appellants were convicted under sections 366 and 376 IPC on the report of the prosecutrix Mst. Shakaria. 2. Mst. Shakaria (PW-1) who is a married woman aged about 22/23 years, has stated that the appellants and the acquitted accused had forcibly raped her three times each in the forest. She is the solitary witness on the point of rape. The medical evidence does not support her if she was raped. Had she been forcibly raped nine times by the acquitted accused and appellants in the forest, in the normal course of things, she would have injuries on her private parts. However, the Lady Doctor (PW-17) did not find any such injuries. Her story of being raped forcibly as many as nine times without any injury on her private part is difficult to believe, specially when the medical evidence does not support. She is a married woman and simply because human-semen was found on her petticoat (Art. A) three days after the incident and when her husband had already come to her in the night, it would not be a circumstance to corroborate the story of rape. Consequently, in my view the offence under Section 376, Indian Penal Code, was not established beyond reasonable doubt. The appellants are, therefore, entitled to acquittal thereunder. Appeal partly allowed.