Mumbai, October 13: A 50-year-old man who spent four years in jail was recently acquitted of rape charges by a sessions court in Mumbai. The court cited a lack of evidence and external injuries to the victim while acquitting the accused. The alleged rape incident occurred on October 9, 2020, when the complainant was 25 years old and a mother of three children.

In her complaint, the woman claimed to be alone at home with her three kids at the time of the incident. The complaint had claimed that the accused, who worked as a ward boy then, allegedly barged into her house and raped her. At the time of the incident, the woman's husband was not at home while her brother was said to be attending their neighbour’s daughter’s wedding. Mumbai Shocker: Man Sexually Abuses Girlfriend, Blackmails Her Using Intimate Videos After Secretly Marrying Victim in Ghatkopar; Arrested.

The woman also claimed that she narrated her ordeal to her landlord and later to her sister before she approached the police the next day and lodged a complaint against the accused. During the trial, the prosecution examined six witnesses, including a doctor who examined the rape survivor. It was learned that the doctor did not find any external or internal injuries on the victim.

However, the sessions court said that the absence of internal injuries does not negate the incident as the complainant was married. "If there was any struggle, the external injury marks are bound to be there; on the aggressor as well as the victim. The complainant’s limbs were unbound; thus, she was in a position of resistance," the court said. Mumbai Shocker: Man’s Missing Complaint Reveals He Was Sexually Abusing Teenager Daughter For 5 Years.

The Sessions court also referred to the victim's nail clippings and said that no tissues were found there. The court also noted that the complainant did not make any noise during the alleged incident, nor was there a hue-and-cry after the crime. The city-based court also said that the theory was not supported by the neighbour's statement, who denied any wedding in the family.

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