A special POCSO court has acquitted a 35-year-old father who was arrested in 2022 based on a complaint of sexual assault filed by his minor daughter. The court observed that neither the victim nor her mother said anything incriminating against the accused during the trial.

The Initial Allegations

As per the prosecution case, the complaint was lodged by the victim girl with the Kandivali police station. She alleged that her mother works as a maid while her father is an alcoholic. At the time of the incident, the girl was in the 6th standard.

The girl alleged that, prior to four to five days of the Ganpati festival, her father came home after consuming liquor. Her mother was not present in the house. He latched the door, threatened her to remove her clothes, and sexually assaulted her. Th

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