Court acquits private university chairman in molestation case for lack of evidence
1 Nov 2012 8:16 AM IST
The chairman of a private university and his driver have been acquitted by a Delhi court of the charges of molesting a woman employee of the university in a five-star hotel in Delhi.
The court let off the two after the complainant deposed that she had stated against both the accused during the probe of the case under the influence of the police and the members of a non-government organisation.
According to the police, the chairman had lured the girl, who was working as a deputy manager in the university, to accompany him to a five star hotel here in July this year and had assaulted and molested her after she refused to have physical relation with him.
While acquitting the accused, the court observed that in reporting such cases, the identity of the accused and the complainant ‘should not be divulged in order to save them from any humiliation and embarrassment in life.’
The court acquitted the two accused saying that in her statement, the girl had clarified that she was not lured to accompany the university’s chairman to the hotel and denied that he had molested or assaulted her.
‘If she was under any kind of allurement, enticement or threat, she had ample opportunity at the reception of the hotel to raise an alarm.
‘The conduct of the prosecutrix (girl) itself shows that she was under no threat and had willingly accompanied the accused to the hotel room, knowing fully well the possible consequences of such act,’ Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Neena Bansal Krishna said.
The court also said there was no evidence to establish that the girl was ‘wrongly restrained inside the hotel room or any injury was caused’ to her by the accused.
The court let off the two after the complainant deposed that she had stated against both the accused during the probe of the case under the influence of the police and the members of a non-government organisation.
According to the police, the chairman had lured the girl, who was working as a deputy manager in the university, to accompany him to a five star hotel here in July this year and had assaulted and molested her after she refused to have physical relation with him.
While acquitting the accused, the court observed that in reporting such cases, the identity of the accused and the complainant ‘should not be divulged in order to save them from any humiliation and embarrassment in life.’
The court acquitted the two accused saying that in her statement, the girl had clarified that she was not lured to accompany the university’s chairman to the hotel and denied that he had molested or assaulted her.
‘If she was under any kind of allurement, enticement or threat, she had ample opportunity at the reception of the hotel to raise an alarm.
‘The conduct of the prosecutrix (girl) itself shows that she was under no threat and had willingly accompanied the accused to the hotel room, knowing fully well the possible consequences of such act,’ Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Neena Bansal Krishna said.
The court also said there was no evidence to establish that the girl was ‘wrongly restrained inside the hotel room or any injury was caused’ to her by the accused.
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