Court acquits man accused of raping pregnant woman
17 April 2013 2:22 AM GMT
A fast track court has acquitted a man of charges of raping and threatening his pregnant sister-in-law on Holi two years ago, saying there was a chance of 'false implication' of the accused.
Additional sessions judge T R Naval acquitted Vinod Kumar of the charges slapped against him.
The judge said the woman's testimony was 'not consistent, reliable and trustworthy'.
'Rather some of the points which were admitted by the woman created doubt about the truthfulness of her testimony.
Besides this, circumstances have been established on record for compelling this court to opined that there may be chance of false implication of the accused,' the judge said.
'The woman's husband had admitted that she had leveled false allegations of molestation and harassment for dowry against his father. In these circumstances there may be chance of false implications of the accused in the present case,' the court said.The judge also agreed with the contention of advocates N K Bhadauria and Manish Bhadauria, who had appeared for Kumar, that there was delay in reporting the matter to the police and the woman's husband had not supported her statement.The counsel had argued that there was a dispute between Kumar and the couple regarding a loan of Rs 20,000 which was given by the accused to his cousin.
According to the prosecution, the incident took place on Holi on 20 March 2011 when the pregnant woman was resting in her room and her husband had gone on the roof with Kumar to consume liquor. While her husband was under the influence of liquor, the accused came to her room and raped her, the police said.
Additional sessions judge T R Naval acquitted Vinod Kumar of the charges slapped against him.
The judge said the woman's testimony was 'not consistent, reliable and trustworthy'.
'Rather some of the points which were admitted by the woman created doubt about the truthfulness of her testimony.
Besides this, circumstances have been established on record for compelling this court to opined that there may be chance of false implication of the accused,' the judge said.
'The woman's husband had admitted that she had leveled false allegations of molestation and harassment for dowry against his father. In these circumstances there may be chance of false implications of the accused in the present case,' the court said.The judge also agreed with the contention of advocates N K Bhadauria and Manish Bhadauria, who had appeared for Kumar, that there was delay in reporting the matter to the police and the woman's husband had not supported her statement.The counsel had argued that there was a dispute between Kumar and the couple regarding a loan of Rs 20,000 which was given by the accused to his cousin.
According to the prosecution, the incident took place on Holi on 20 March 2011 when the pregnant woman was resting in her room and her husband had gone on the roof with Kumar to consume liquor. While her husband was under the influence of liquor, the accused came to her room and raped her, the police said.
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