Delhi court frees rape accused after victim goes missing

A man facing trial for allegedly kidnapping and raping a girl on pretext of getting her a job has been let off by a Delhi court as his alleged victim went untraceable during the trial. 

"When the prosecutrix’s (victim) presence has not been procured by the prosecution, the court has no option except to acquit the accused from the offence charged," said Additional Sessions Judge Atul Kumar Garg, absolving Uttar Pradesh native Adesh Kumar of kidnapping and rape charges.

While acquitting Adesh, the court also noted he had been truthful during a polygraph test that he had undergone on the orders of the Delhi High Court, which had heard his bail plea.

"It is the matter of fact herein that at the time of hearing of anticipatory bail application, the High Court had ordered the accused to undergo polygraph test. In this test, it was concluded that accused was truthful in his answers," the court noted.

The prosecution case dates back to November 17, 2009, when RK Puram police station was informed that a woman at a traffic intersection required help. When the police reached the spot, nobody was found.

Later, a woman turned up at the police station and told the cops that Adesh had called her near Sangam Cinema, RK Puram assuring her a job and made her sit in a car and raped her. She said she had studied till tenth and wanted to work.

During trial, the prosecution told the court that all efforts made to trace the victim had failed.