MUMBAI: An 80-year-old man who spent over a year in jail after being accused by the neighbour of sexually assaulting her 13-year-old was acquitted by a special POCSO Act court last week after both the woman and her child turned hostile in court.
The complainant, mother of 8, had told cops that the man had attacked the child in June 2020 and she had come home crying. However, in court she denied giving such a statement to the police.
The man had claimed that he was falsely implicated in the case as the child’s family wanted to grab his flat. His plea for bail was earlier rejected by the court.
“..Advocate for the accused rightly submits that there is no direct evidence at all against the accused from the mouth of complainant (mother) and the girl. There is no single mark of fresh injury or fresh tear on the body of victim.
The medical officer has agreed that there is no evidence of physical assault on the body of victim,” the special POCSO Act court said.
