Uttarakhand HC acquits polio-hit man of rape over flawed probe, orders Rs 5 lakh payout | India News

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand HC on Wednesday acquitted a polio-affected man convicted of rape and directed the state govt to pay him Rs 5 lakh in compensation, citing flaws within the investigation. The court docket dominated that the man’s bodily situation made the costs questionable and located that the police didn’t conduct a correct inquiry.
Rohit, an worker at a cybercafe in Khatima, had been sentenced to twenty years in jail by a district court docket in Udham Singh Nagar below IPC and Pocso Act provisions. His counsel argued that he had suffered from polio because the age of 5, leaving his legs non-functional.
According to the case particulars, the rape survivor’s mom filed a criticism on May 6, 2018, alleging that Rohit had known as her daughter to the cybercafe. When the lady didn’t return residence, her mom went to the cybercafe, the place Rohit denied her presence. Police later discovered the lady, and expenses have been filed in opposition to Rohit and his employer Harvinder Pal.