Acquittals on some counts do not render convictions on other counts unsafe where rational explanations exist for the different verdicts, such as doubts about particular details of a complainant's evidence (e.g., visibility conditions, forensic confirmation) without rejection of the substance of the account. The former offence of sodomy having been transposed to rape, there is no pressing reason for different sentencing levels based on whether the rape was sodomitical or vaginal.
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