Aruna Shanbaug, once a nurse at KEM Hospital and then a patient for 42 years, lost her agonizing battle with life on Monday. She had been sexually assaulted brutally in November 1973 by ward boy Sohanlal Valmiki. But Sohanlal Valmiki was not charged with rape. Here is why:

1. Nurses and relatives pay last respects to her body (TOI photo by Sanjay Hadkar)

2. Hospital nurses gather around the body of Aruna as they pray for her during her funeral in Mumbai (AP photo)

3. Ward boy Sohanlal Bhartha Valmiki had not committed rape vaginally, but anally

4. The medical examination of Aruna Shanbaug, when she was found the morning after her assault on November 27, 1973, was done with the 'finger test' (Fingers inserted into vagina to check virginity)

5. Her virginity was found intact

6. Aruna was engaged to a junior doctor at the hospital. The then dean chose not to report the anal rape to the police to spare him 'embarrassment' through public disclosure

7. Aruna's fiancé was also discouraged from being a complainant. Instead, a sub-inspector became the complainant because no one else was willing