The Jharkhand High Court has acquitted a married government employee accused of raping a Class 10 student he tutored in science, setting aside his conviction 27 years after the case was registered. The court held that material contradictions in the prosecution evidence created reasonable doubt about the charges against Laxman Mahto. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava,…
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