India: Court acquits four in gang rape case

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'A trial court has acquitted four men in a gang rape case, saying the woman had falsely implicated them and she seemed to have fabricated the charges against them in consultation with her in-laws.

"From the material on record, the view which points to the innocence and false implication of the accused ... seems to be more reasonable and probable ... I am of the opinion that all the accused are liable to be discharged," additional sessions judge Virender Bhatt said.

Acquitting the men of the charges, the court said there was no such allegations in the police complaint filed by the woman. Earlier, she had also not named the accused, who were her neighbours, the court said.

"There is no explanation from the side of the prosecution as to why names of accused and exact details of occurrence were not mentioned by her in the written complaint ... prosecution version appears to be doubtful at this stage itself. It appears that the occurrence has been fabricated later by the woman in consultation with her in-laws ...," it said.'