The Madras High Court has acquitted a man, who was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by a lower court in a case of sexual assault in Tiruvannamalai district in 2007, terming the police probe as "faulty".
The court also directed the Tamil Nadu DGP to peruse the judgement given by the trial court and the high court and arrange for training classes to all investigation officers to sensitise them to the manner in which a probe should be conducted in a case of sexual offence.
Allowing the appeal by the accused V Venkatesan Tuesday, Justice MV Muralidharan said, "It is seen from records that the investigation conducted by an inspector of police is the root cause for the collapse of the case of the prosecution."