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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it is unfortunate that the ‘two-finger’ system of testing rape victims is prevalent in society even today. He told the Center and the state that now this test should not happen. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli overturned the Jharkhand High Court’s acquittal of a convict in the rape and murder incident and upheld the order of a lower court holding him guilty.
The bench said a decade-old judgment of the apex court had termed the ‘two-finger test’ as a violation of the dignity and privacy of a woman. “Unfortunately, this system is still prevalent. The genital examination of women is an attack on their dignity. It cannot be said that a sexually active woman cannot be raped.
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The top court issued certain directions to central and state government officials and asked state director generals of police and health secretaries to ensure that the ‘two-finger test’ is not conducted. She said anyone taking the ‘two-finger’ test would be convicted of misconduct. The bench directed the health secretaries of the Center and the states to remove study material related to the ‘two-finger’ test from the syllabus of government and private medical colleges.