A 3 year retrospective study was carried out with an aim to describe the assailant demographics, allegations made, assault characteristics, explanation quoted for latency in reporting & hence examination. Twenty two such cases had been examined. Majority (50%) belonged to age group of 20-29 years, 77% were illiterates, all were known to victims; few were under the influence of alcohol and forensic examination didn’t give any supportive evidence probably due to long latency between the alleged act and examination; and the median time gap was 49 days. It appears to us, that laws of rape are being misused.

Key words: Rape, Illiteracy, Latency, Forensic evidence, Misuse of law.