INDIA - 75yr old yoga teacher falsely accused of rape, acquitted - 0 views
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anonymous on 01 Nov 13A 75-year-old yoga teacher, who was accused of raping his disciple for almost an year on the pretext of marrying her, has been acquitted by a Delhi court after the complainant retracted, saying she had filed a false complaint. Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma acquitted the senior citizen, a resident of west Delhi while observing that the victim had turned hostile and deposed that the accused had never established physical relations with her or promised marriage. "The prosecutrix (girl), has not deposed an iota of evidence of her being raped at all. She has not even mentioned the word 'rape' or any other offence in her evidence nor has deposed anything incriminating against the accused," the court said. The girl deposed in the court that she implicated the man at the behest of another woman named Reena, the whereabouts of who were not known to the police.