{"id":38931,"date":"2015-09-10T09:05:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T09:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38931"},"modified":"2015-09-10T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T09:05:08","slug":"court-acquits-man-charged-with-harassing-2-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-acquits-man-charged-with-harassing-2-sisters","title":{"rendered":"Court acquits man charged with harassing 2 sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38070\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/rape.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38070\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/father-freed-of-charge-of-sexually-harassing-minor-daughter\/rape-11\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/rape.png?fit=240%2C207&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"240,207\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rape\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/rape.png?fit=240%2C207&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/rape.png?fit=240%2C207&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38070 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/rape.png?resize=240%2C207&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Court acquits man charged with harassing 2 sisters\" width=\"240\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Court acquits man charged with harassing 2 sisters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Delhi court has acquitted a youth of the charges of sexually harassing a 16-year-old girl and her elder sister, after they turned hostile regarding the identity of the accused.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Sharma absolved Mohammad Salauddin of the offence of sexual harassment under sections 354A of?IPC and section?12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences?(POCSO)?Act, saying the material witnesses have failed to identify him as the one who allegedly abused and harassed them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As?the?material?witnesses?i.e.?complainant sisters have? not supported?the?prosecution?case?on?the?point?of?identity of?the?accused,?no?fruitful?purpose?would?be?served?to?examine the?remaining witnesses, who were either police officials or ? the doctor concerned?and?even?their?unrebutted?testimony would not?be?able?to?secure the?conviction?of?the?accused,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, on April 10, 2013, accused, a Delhi resident, had made explicit sexual gestures and comments at the girls when they were walking to their home.<\/p>\n<p>It said that the girls had complained of repeated incidents of harassment by the accused in a drunken condition.<\/p>\n<p>However, in their deposition in court, the complainants said they were not sure if it was the accused who had misbehaved with them as they did not remember his face.<\/p>\n<p>They also denied making the allegations before the police, the court noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court has acquitted a youth of the charges of sexually harassing a 16-year-old girl and her elder sister, after they turned hostile regarding the identity of the accused. 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