The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court noted that the verdict reads like a "manual for rape victims" as it had focused on how a victim should or should not respond in such cases.
The police have also deployed additional teams in the area to contain the law and order situation that might flare up owing to the rape of a minor Dalit girl by perpetrator of another community.
The Sessions Court observed in its verdict that the crucial two-minute footage of the lift from the first floor of the hotel was deliberately destroyed by the investigating officer.