The court described as "vile" the act of the convict, a Delhi resident, while observing that the woman was subjected in 2014 to one of the most "reprehensible" crimes.
"The convict in this case has committed the vile act of rape upon the prosecutrix. He also attempted to kill her. It is true that he has a family to support but we must see the plight of the woman, who was subjected to rape, which is universally considered to be amongst the most morally and physically reprehensible crimes in society...
The court held the convict, who was the driver of the victim's in-laws, guilty of offences of rape and attempt to murder under the IPC and observed that "he had grudges against his employers and he was looking for an opportunity" to take revenge from them.
"It is true that the woman did not sustain injuries on the vital parts of her body but the facts and circumstances lead to the conclusion that the accused had attempted the said act with the intention to cause her death.
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The court also said that some minor discrepancies in the victim's statement and complaint were not fatal to the case.
"I do not consider such omissions as fatal as it is the settled law that FIR is not an encyclopaedia of facts. It is not expected of a victim to disclose all the finer aspects of the incident in the FIR...
"The victim who suffers from an incident, obviously, is in a state of shock and it is only when she moves in her comfort zone, she starts recollecting the events one by one and thus to stop the victim from elaborating the facts to describe the finer details, if left out earlier, would be too much," the ASJ said.
He tried to strangulate her with a phone charging cable and then raped her, the woman's complaint said.