Man acquitted of raping girl on medical reports

New Delhi, Oct 10 A city court Saturday acquitted a man charged with abducting and raping a minor girl on the basis of the medical reports of the alleged victim.

Additional Sessions Judge V. K. Khanna acquitted Anurag Das, who was allegedly accused of raping and abducting the girl from Ashok Nagar area of the capital.

According to the prosecution, Das had abducted the girl from her home and took her to a village in Madhya Pradesh June 13, 2006. The girl returned to her home June 23 and told her parents that Das had raped her all these days, following which her father registered a police complaint and Das was arrested.

Police also conducted the medical examination of the girl, which however revealed that no injury marks were present on her private parts, so it could not be confirmed whether any sexual intercourse took place between the two or not.

However, the girl in her statement to the magistrate said that she was raped by accused daily for 10 days.

Appearing for Das, advocates Surendra Sharma, Yogesh Gaur and Ashwani Gupta contended before the court that medical report shows no sexual intercourse between the two and asked: "How can a girl be raped continuously for ten days and did not raise her voice even once?"

They also cited the school certificates of the girl which shows that the girl is not a minor.

Accepting the defence plea that the medical examination did not confirm rape, the judge said it was evident from the medical examination that the girl went with the accused of her own will, and as the prosecution failed to prove abduction and rape, Das was being acquitted of both charges. (IANS)