Mumbai: A 80-year-old man who spent more than a year in prison after being accused by his 13-year-old sexual attack was released by the Special Act Pocso court last week after the woman and child had been hostile.
in the court.
The complainant, the mother of 8, had told the police that the man attacked the child in June 2020 and he came home crying.
However, in court he denied giving such a statement to the police.
The man claimed that he was wrongly involved in this case when the family of the child wanted to grab his flat.
His request for a bail was previously rejected by the court.
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advocacy to be accused of submitting that there was no direct evidence at all against the defendant from the mouth of the complainant (mother) and the girl.
There was no single sign of fresh injury or fresh tears on the victim’s body.
The medical officer has agreed that there is no evidence of attack Physical on the victim’s body, “said the Pocso Act Special Court.