Man Accused Of Stalking Teen Acquitted As Complainant, Mother Go Missing
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The girl and her mother -- to whom she had first narrated the alleged incident -- never appeared in the court to record their statements. They were not found at their residential address and had become untraceable, the prosecution told the court.
A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a 30-year-old man accused of stalking a girl as the prosecution could not examine her during the trial.
Special judge for cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, VV Virkar, passed the order on January 2. It became available today.
As per the prosecution, the girl, who was 16 years old at the time of the incident and worked in a factory in Bhiwandi, knew the accused.
In January 2014, the accused allegedly accosted her at a bus stop and proposed marriage to her. He stalked her even after she rejected his proposal, the prosecution said.
