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Acquits Dhanraj as Child Rape Victim Failed to Identify Him in Court
In a significant ruling that underscores the critical importance of , the on , acquitted Dhanraj, who had been convicted for the rape of a five-year-old girl. A bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Manmohan set aside the conviction and life sentence, finding the prosecution case fatally defective on multiple grounds, most notably the failure to have the victim identify the accused during her deposition.
The Incident and Investigation
The case stemmed from an incident on , when the victim, then aged five, went missing from her aunt's house in a village in Ajmer, Rajasthan. She was later found by two villagers, Kailash Keer and Prahlad Khati, bleeding from her private parts. The
