Based on DNA report, court acquits man accused of impregnating minor

Man acquitted of sexually assaulting and impregnating minor girl after DNA report proves he was not the biological father of fetus found abandoned on terrace.

The sessions court recently acquitted a Tilak Nagar resident of charges of sexually assaulting and impregnating a minor girl and later forcing her to abort the child after a DNA report established that the accused was not the biological father of the fetus that she had abandoned on the terrace of a building.

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As per the prosecution case, a resident of the building had on June 4, 2020, gone to the terrace to check wiring for the Wi-Fi connection when they found a fetus lying there. The resident dialed the police control room, and the fetus was sent for post-mortem. The doctor said it was a male fetus of 20 weeks.

Three days later, on June 7, the RCF police registered an FIR under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

When the police traced the girl and enquired with her, she claimed that a 24-year-old driver had sexually assaulted her several times and impregnated her. She also said the accused threatened her that he would inform her parents of her relationship with other boys if she talked about this to anyone.

On June 8, the man was booked under sections of the POCSO Act and arrested.

In a recent hearing, the court said the DNA report proved that the accused was not the biological father of the fetus. It also said the police failed to produce evidence that the accused indeed forced the girl to abort the child and added that it found the victim’s statement inconsistent.