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MUMBAI: A restaurant worker, who spent 17 months in jail after being accused of raping and impregnating his 19-year-old deaf and mute neighbour, was recently granted bail after the DNA evidence showed that he had not fathered the child.
The sessions court said that the DNA report negated the prosecution’s case that the accused, aged 25, had impregnated the woman. “The accused had been arrested on August 1, 2019. The chargesheet has been filed. It will take time to decide the matter on merits. Looking into the copy of the DNA report produced on record, the prayer made by the applicant (accused) for release on bail needs to be allowed,” the sessions court said in a recent order.