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The Times of India
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Rebecca Samervel | TNN

Driver in prison for 4 years for teen rape freed on DNA test

MUMBAI: A 35-year-old driver who spent almost four years in jail on charges of repeatedly raping and impregnating a 13-year-old was acquitted after the court found he was not the biological father of the aborted foetus.

DNA tests ruled out he had got the teenager pregnant. Acquitting him, the court said, “It is clear that the testimony of the witnesses creates doubt as it is not contradicted by the DNA report. There is involvement of some another person to cause pregnancy is clear.”

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