Thane:
A court docket in Maharashtra’s Thane district has acquitted a 31-year-old man, who was accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a youngster, after she stated they’re now married and she or he has no complaints in opposition to him.
In his order of January 1, a replica of which was made out there on Saturday, Particular Decide D S Deshmukh held that the prosecution had didn’t show the fees in opposition to the accused.
The person was first booked for kidnapping after he allegedly took a neighbour’s teenage daughter to numerous locations in January 2019.
On their return, he was arrested and costs beneath the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act had been added to the FIR.
Nevertheless, in the course of the trial, {the teenager} advised the court docket that he by no means used pressure on her and that no matter occurred between them was consensual. She additionally claimed that she was 18 at the moment and conscious of the implications of her actions.
The complainant, now a lady, advised the court docket that she has since married the accused they usually have a son. She stated they’re residing peacefully.
“The admissions given by the sufferer clearly present that she voluntarily fled with the accused. The foundational details required for invoking the presumptions beneath the POCSO Act are usually not proved. Due to this fact, the offences levelled in opposition to the accused are usually not established,” noticed the decide within the acquittal order.
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