Kerala man acquitted of child murder due to lack of evidence collection by police. Court criticizes investigation lapses and weak prosecution case. Details of sexual assault revealed. Read more about the acquittal and court's scathing remarks.
One of the factors cited by Judge K Soman to impose the severe penalties was the alleged involvement of the accused in another child sexual abuse case, where the victim was a 10-year-old child from Delhi.
Although the accused was not convicted for outraging the woman's modesty under Section 354 of the IPC, the court found him guilty of criminal intimidation and sentenced him to two months in jail.
A Kerala Court recently acquitted four men who were accused of verbally abusing and threatening a woman for hailing an Uber taxi at a railway station instead of a regular taxi or an autorickshaw.