The Gujarat High Court heard an appeal against acquittal filed under Section 413 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) challenging a Sessions Court order that had acquitted the accused of kidnapping and rape of an alleged minor victim (aged approximately 16 years 8 months) on 07.06.2024. The Sessions Court had acquitted the accused on two main grounds: that the victim's age as a minor was not proved due to insufficient evidence establishing the birth register entry, and that the victim had accompanied the accused voluntarily. The High Court examined whether the acquittal was perverse, considering the victim's conduct — including travelling by rickshaw without raising alarm, not reporting forcible abduction to others present, and admitted omissions in her police statement — which indicated consent. The court found that the prosecution had failed to prove the victim's minority through substantive evidence and that the version of confinement and rape lacked credibility, upholding the Sessions Court's reasoning.