A 24-year-old youth Arjun, accused of raping and murdering a 6-year-old girl at Vandiperiyar in Idukki, was acquitted by a Special Fast Track Court at Kattappana on Thursday.
The court observed that the police had failed to produce sufficient evidence to incriminate the accused in the case. In her judgment, fast-track court judge V. Manju said that the prosecution had failed to prove the case.
The court witnessed dramatic scenes following the verdict. The relatives of the child tried to attack the accused. The child’s mother created an uproar on the court premises and her relatives waylaid the police jeep that was taking the accused back. The parents shouted that the child did not get justice. The police had a difficult time shifting the youth from the court complex.
