http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/crime/After-21-months-jail-man-accused-of-raping-minor-acquitted/articleshow/46239290.cms Casual labourer Rahul Chowdhary, 35, was arrested on May 5, 2013 for allegedly raping the 4-year-old who lived nearby. He was arrested by Nalla Sopara police and charged under Section 376 (rape) and Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act. The trial began late 2014, and resulted in the first acquittal in Vasai court of a man charged under POCASO. “Sessions Judge S G Mehere acquitted my client for lack of evidence,” Chowdhary’s lawyer Digambar Desai said. “During in camera proceedings, the girl revealed that her mother tutored her to say she was raped. During medical examination some scratch   …[Continue Reading]