{"id":41399,"date":"2016-02-10T20:32:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T15:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41399"},"modified":"2016-02-11T03:36:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T22:06:39","slug":"court-acquits-ex-cong-mp-others-in-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-acquits-ex-cong-mp-others-in-rape","title":{"rendered":"Court acquits ex-Cong MP, others in rape"},"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\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38070\"><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 ex-Cong MP, others in rape\" width=\"240\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Court acquits ex-Cong MP, others in rape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A fast track court today acquitted former Congress MP Mahabal Mishra, his family members and others in a case of alleged kidnapping and rape of a minor girl in 2006, citing lack of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat absolved Mishra and seven others, including his wife Urmila, daughter Kiran and brother Heera Mishra, of the charges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All the accused have been acquitted,&#8221; the judge said, while pronouncing the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Mahabal and the others, who were out on bail, were present in the court room at the time of pronouncement of the judgement.<\/p>\n<p>The politician and his family members were summoned as accused by the court on February 4, 2013 in the case in which they had been accused of wrongfully confining a minor girl.<\/p>\n<p>The case relates to an alleged incident of November 2006.<\/p>\n<p>A magisterial court in 2008 and a sessions court in 2010 had declined to summon Mishra in the case on the ground of lack of evidence and legal provisions.<\/p>\n<p>The Delhi High Court in 2012, however, had set aside the trial court order and directed it to consider the case afresh after the girl&#8217;s father had sought initiation of prosecution of Mishra, his family members and others.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court had set aside the orders of the sessions and the magisterial courts, saying they were &#8220;not based on proper appreciation of the material available on record.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fast track court today acquitted former Congress MP Mahabal Mishra, his family members and others in a case of alleged kidnapping and rape of a minor girl in 2006, citing lack of evidence. 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