NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court on January 17 acquitted a man of raping a 15-year-old girl, ruling that “it seems highly impossible for a single man to gag a survivor’s mouth, remove her and his clothes, and perform the forcible sexual act without any scuffle”. “Had it been a case of forcible intercourse, there would have been a scuffle. Medical evidence also doesn’t support the survivor’s case as no injuries from a scuffle could be seen,” Justice Pushpa Ganediwala held. On March 14, 2019, petitioner Suraj Kasarkar (26) was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by a sessions court after being convicted for rape of the minor.