Mumbai, April 19
Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, who was sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for raping his domestic help, today moved the Bombay High Court challenging his conviction on the ground that it was a “perverse and illegal” judgement.

Shiney said in the appeal that even after the victim testified under oath that neither rape nor sexual intercourse took place between them, still the lower court held him guilty. “Apart from girl denying the alleged offence, even the medical evidence is in negative. Evidence given by doctors, who examined Shiney and the victim, stated that there are no injuries on the girl's body. Even the semen and blood samples were negative of Shiney's DNA,” the appeal stated.

Claiming that the sessions court judge committed serious error, the appeal said, “Instead of giving benefit of existing lapses in medical evidence and also in the statement of witnesses, to the accused, the judge has given the benefit to the prosecution.” — PTI