Bombay HC acquits man for kidnapping, rape of minor
The Hindu
Court rules relationship was consensual, prosecution failed to establish the girl was a ‘child’ under POCSO Act
The Bombay High Court recently acquitted a man for kidnapping and raping a minor and held, “The evidence suggests that the physical relationship between them was consensual.”
The case dates back to 2015 when the minor was residing with her parents at Lohagaon, Pune and was studying in Class 9. On April 8, 2015 the minor was at her paternal aunt’s house and the accused, Mahadev Khodave, came and said the girl’s mother had asked him to pick her up.
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