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Mumbai: Man acquitted in rape case after court finds he was falsely implicated
Updated On: 01 April, 2021 12:37 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
In her complaint, the minor claimed that the accused caught her right hand and waist when she went with him to see his flat.
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A 35-year-old man, booked for sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl, was acquitted by a special court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after the court learned that the minor girl falsely implicated the accused at the behest of a friend, a money-lender, who wanted to recover his money from the accused.
According to a report in Times of India, the accused spent a month in jail before he was granted bail. As per the FIR, the incident took place on July 10, 2015, when the victim and her friend visited an under-construction building, where the accused and her friend had purchased flats.
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