Additional Sessions Judge Madhu Jain absolved the man of rape charges and all seven of the charges of forcing the girl into prostitution relying upon her deposition that she was not sexually exploited or forced into flesh trade.
"The girl herself has stated that she was neither sexually exploited nor any rape was committed by the accused persons upon her.
"She has only stated that accused persons took her out without the consent of her parents due to which her mother lodged a complaint," the court said, while acquitting accused Arshad Ali of the charges of rape and his accomplices of forcing her into prostitution.
On the same deposition that she was taken out without her mother's consent, the court convicted them for kidnapping her.
The accused Arshad Ali, Rekha Srivastava, Sunny, Rajiv Srivastava, Sonia hail from Delhi whereas Suresh Acharia and Gajender Gahlot are residents of Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
The prosecution case dated back to May 14, 2010, when the girl's mother registered a complaint with Sangam Vihar police station in South Delhi that her daughter has gone missing.
The woman, however, came back to the police station with her missing daughter a few days later on June 30, 2010 and on the girl's statement, police registered a case of rape against Arshad and that of kidnapping and forcing her into prostitution against all seven.
The police subsequently arrested all the accused and put them on trial. But with the girl, retracting her allegation of rape and prostitution, the court acquitted them of the two charges, while convicting them for kidnapping her.
