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Maharashtra: 3 in jail for 3 years, now roam jobless after acquittal in false rape case

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After spending over three years in jail, three teachers and a woman attendant accused of molesting a 9-year-old class IV girl, were acquitted by a Thane court as the girl’s medical report did not establish any sexual assault.

Following a complaint filed by victim’s mother, a case was lodged by Mira road police against four persons under sections 376, 323, 504, and 506 rw 34 of the IPC and also sections 3 and 4 of the POCSO Act 2012.

The three men, Sanjay Patil Nilesh Bhoir and Jitendra Jadhav, who taught at a reputed school in Mira Road; and a lady attendant Usha Tupe, were arrested on November 22, 2015 on charges of rape.

While the teachers were accused of repeatedly raping the girl over a period of one year, Tupe was accused of taking the girl to the school’s second-floor storeroom where she was allegedly raped. The four were suspended by the school after their arrest, and the girl changed her school.

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Following the complaint, there were massive protests at the school by parents of other students and the four were immediately suspended, the principal stepped down and the school decided not to appoint any male teachers.

But they were acquitted by the court after it found no evidence to establish any sexual assault in the girl’s medical report. The CCTV footages from the school reportedly also failed to establish any kind of sexual assault.

While the accused have been exonerated of the charges, they have been left jobless. The school which had initially suspended them has since adopted a policy of not having any male teachers.

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