New Delhi, August 22: The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted two people in a 2001 rape case in Faridabad, but by then, already one of them had served 10 years, and the other seven years in jail. According to a Times of India report, one of them appealed in the SC against the judgements of a Faridabad trial court and the Punjab and Haryana High Court convicting them. The bench of justices acquitted the two because the offence of rape was not proved.

The incident dates back to August 22, 2001, when a minor girl alleged that her two uncles, picked her up at night, took her to their home, tied their hands to the cot, and raped her in the presence of their mother, sister, wife, and children. The medical report showed that there were no signs of any injury mark on any part of her body or any traces of semen.

Reportedly, one of the accused said that he had slapped the girl for going around with a boy in the village and writing love letters. He also apologised to the girl for slapping in front of the village panchayat. However, the girl had a different version and she said that the panchayat was called to hush up the rape case. The Faridabad fast-track court had acquitted the accused in 2003, but the girl appealed in the High Court. The trial Court convicted the accused in June 2011 and the HC upheld the conviction.

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