Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh Kumar Gupta absolved west Delhi resident Raju of the offences under section 377 (unnatural offences) of the IPC and under section 4 (sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The court noted that the child and his mother, who were material witnesses in the case, did not support the case of the prosecution and said, "As no incriminating evidence has come on record against the accused... He is acquitted of the charges."
He, however, resiled from his statement in that court saying that he knew Raju and he had not done anything wrong to him and that he had given the statement to the police at the instance of his aunt.
In her cross examination, the boy's mother, who had lodged the complaint with the police earlier, said she had falsely implicated him at the instance of her sister, whose daughter was allegedly being harassed by Raju.
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