Thane court acquits man accused of raping minor, says relationship appeared consensual

A peculiar tribunal successful Maharashtra's Thane territory has acquitted a 28-year-old antheral accused of raping a insignificant miss with a committedness of marriage, citing that the prosecution had failed to beryllium that the unfortunate was underage astatine the clip of the offence and the narration appeared to beryllium consensual.

Special justice S.P. Agarwal cleared the accused, Samsher Rais Khan, of charges nether conception 376(2)(n) (repeated rape) of the Indian Penal Code and applicable provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.