GANGRAPE VICTIM TURNS HOSTILE, FIVE ACQUITTED
New Delhi: A Delhi court has
acquitted five men of chages of gangraping a 15year- old girl after the victim failed to identify them and turned hostile. “The victim has not supported the prosecution case by deposing that she did nto make any complaint to the police. She did not go anywhere and did not want to say any
thing,” the court noted while acquitting Rahul, Amit Kumar, Anuj, Deepak and
Chandan Sharma of the charges punishable under Section 376 ( D) of the IPC
and 4 and 6 of the Protection of Child from the
sexual offence. The court noted that the girl
stated that she made the statement before the magistrate at the instance of the
investigation officer and whatever she stated in the statement was false. The victim also told the court
that she had seen the accused persons first time in
the court and did not file any complaint against them.
The court noted that the prosecutrix and other material witnesses who were mother and father of the victim, had not supported prosecution case either in examination in chief or in cross- examination. In fact, the parents of the girl had deposed that the accused person did not do anything wrong with their daughter. According to the prosecution, on June 21, 2014, the accused persons in furtherance of their common intention committed rape upon
the minor girl. All the accused were arrested by
the police.