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Thane, Nov 18 (PTI) A fast-track court at Kalyan in the district has acquitted a 33-year-old man of the charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a 2013 case, as the prosecution failed to examine her and establish that she was a minor at the time.

V A Patravale, special judge for the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, acquitted Ritesh Ghanshyam Rohidas on November 3.

The girl’s father had approached the police in 2013 claiming that she had been kidnapped and a ransom of Rs 15,000 had been demanded.

The accused was later apprehended from his native place in Uttar Pradesh and girl was rescued.

But the court pointed out several deficiencies in the prosecution’s case. While the girl’s father claimed she was 15 years old, he f

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