NEW DELHI: Six youths, accused of gangraping a teenaged girl, have been let off by a Delhi court on the victim's deposition that she had been forced to implicate them.
Additional sessions judge R Kiran Nath let off the boys, all south Delhi residents, noting that the victim "has turned totally hostile to the case of prosecution".
The case was registered on a complaint lodged by girl's father, who had alleged his daughter, aged about 15-16 years, had gone missing since April 22, 2011 and that he suspected someone might have allured her and taken her away.
The girl was recovered from south Delhi. In her statement, she stated that on April 22, she had telephoned Rajesh asking him to come to meet her on which he sent her brother accused Tilak to pick her up. She said he took her to Ansal Plaza where all other accused - Anil, Prateek, Pinku, Rajesh and Sudhir, were also present.
She said she was then taken to a room in Sangam Vihar, where all of them took turns to rape her.
However, in her deposition to the court, she said on April 22, after having a quarrel at home she had gone to her friend Rahul's house where she stayed with his family for about five days and on April 27, she telephoned all the five accused persons to meet her at South Extension, Part II. She said the police personnel saw all of them together and brought them to the police station.
She further deposed that her father was also called to the police station and she was forcibly asked to make wrong complaint against the accused persons.Additional sessions judge R Kiran Nath let off the boys, all south Delhi residents, noting that the victim "has turned totally hostile to the case of prosecution".
The case was registered on a complaint lodged by girl's father, who had alleged his daughter, aged about 15-16 years, had gone missing since April 22, 2011 and that he suspected someone might have allured her and taken her away.
The girl was recovered from south Delhi. In her statement, she stated that on April 22, she had telephoned Rajesh asking him to come to meet her on which he sent her brother accused Tilak to pick her up. She said he took her to Ansal Plaza where all other accused - Anil, Prateek, Pinku, Rajesh and Sudhir, were also present.
She said she was then taken to a room in Sangam Vihar, where all of them took turns to rape her.
However, in her deposition to the court, she said on April 22, after having a quarrel at home she had gone to her friend Rahul's house where she stayed with his family for about five days and on April 27, she telephoned all the five accused persons to meet her at South Extension, Part II. She said the police personnel saw all of them together and brought them to the police station.
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