Sultanpuri gangrape: Delhi Court acquits 3 accused men

New Delhi, Jul 10: In an incident, a Delhi Court have acquitted three men, who have been accused of abducting and raping a teenager girl after she turned hostile due to a fuss with the men over a minor issue. Pronouncing the verdict, Additional Sessions Judge Manoj Jain said, "To the utter dismay of prosecution, the victim has turned hostile and she has not supported the case of prosecution. All the accused are acquitted of all charges."

The accused men were Rama, a Sultanpuri resident, Chander Pal and Manish of the charges of abduction, gangrape and other penal provisions of IPC in the incident that took place on December, 2010.

The incident took place when a 18-year-old girl had gone to fetch water along with her neighbour Ravi during night, a rashly driven car nearly hit the latter on the main road of Sultanpuri area in Outer Delhi district and later it stopped near them.

Outraged over this, the girl on anger thrashed a bunch of keys on the car's window panes following which four men came out of the vehicle and forcibly pushed her into it. They took her to Mangolpuri Industrial area where one of the accused Rama allegedly demanded money for the broken window pane.

The prosecution submitted that when the girl expressed her inability to pay the money, the accused allegedly raped her.

It said Ravi called a PCR van and informed about the incident. After a short while, the police traced the car and apprehended the accused persons.

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