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 in the investigation. The court ruled that the man’s physical condition made the charges questionable and found that the police failed to conduct a proper inquiry.
Rohit, an employee at a cybercafe in Khatima, had been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a district court in Udham Singh Nagar under IPC and Pocso Act provisions. His counsel argued that he had suffered from polio since the age of five, leaving his legs non-functional.
According to the case details, the rape survivor’s mother filed a complaint on May 6, 2018, alleging that Rohit had called her daughter to the cybercafe. When the girl did not return home, her mother went to the cybercafe, where Rohit denied her presence. Police later found the girl, and charges were filed against Rohit and his employer Harvinder Pal.
