Date:29/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/29/stories/2007122957440400.htm

New Delhi

Court acquits rape accused

New Delhi: A court here has acquitted a 32-year-old-man accused of raping a girl after kidnapping her, saying “there was nothing on record to suggest that a rape had been committed.”

Noting that the victim’s version was “far from convincing,” Additional Sessions Judge Deepa Sharma acquitted Mohinder and said, “There was nothing in the MLC and the Forensic Science Laboratory report which could suggest that a rape had been committed.”

According to the prosecution, Mohinder, a resident of Sarai Rohilla who was known to the 19-year-old victim, allegedly took her to Faridabad on the pretext of marrying her.