Teenager acquitted of raping classmate

Chandigarh | Tuesday | 3rd December, 2019

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Prosecution fails to prove allegationsTribune News ServiceChandigarh, December 2A 19-year-old boy has been acquitted by a local court of the charges of raping his minor classmate. In the FIR, the victim stated that she was a student of Class XII in a government school. She alleged that the boy raped her at his house on the pretext of marriage on April 17, 2018. During the trial, defence counsel Anil Kumar Joshi argued that the boy was falsely implicated in the case. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge acquitted the boy as the prosecution could not prove the allegations..