MUMBAI: A special protection of children from sexual offence (Pocso) court acquitted a 32-year-old man arrested on the charges of kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old girl under pretext of marriage after police failed to prove the girl was a minor. The victim herself stated that she went with the accused and got married in a temple and started staying with the accused as his wife.
Special Pocso judge Priti Kumar while acquitting the accused directed him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 15,000 and asked the prosecution to destroy the muddemal (items recovered from the accused) once the appeal period is over.
