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Raipur, Chhattisgarh: The Chhattisgarh High Court has delivered a verdict in a 22-year-old Dhamtari sexual assault case, reducing the sentence of a convict previously found guilty of rape. The court reclassified the offense as attempted rape. Court’s Ruling on Penetration Hearing the appeal against the trial court’s verdict, the bench led by Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas stated that if penetration did not occur during the act, the incident should be treated as an attempt to commit rape rather than actual rape. Medical reports showed that the victim’s hymen was intact, although partial penetration with a fingertip may have occurred. Based on this finding, the High Court reduced the convict’s prison term. Background of the Case The case dates back to 2004, when a young woman in ...