A Delhi court, on Thursday, acquitted a man accused of strangling a seven-year-old girl in 2008, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
Additional Sessions Judge Babru Bhan, in an order dated October 31, said the evidence presented “fell short of the requisite quality of beyond a reasonable doubt.”
The case concerned Anil Kumar, accused of killing a minor girl in the Prem Vihar area of Delhi on March 22, 2008.
The court noted that Kumar had passed a lie-detector test at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, which indicated no deceptive responses to questions about the crime.
Observing that the case was based solely on circumstantial evidence, the court emphasized the absence of motive as a key factor in the acquittal.
“In the absence of any motive, this court is not inclined to believe the involvement of accused Anil in the offence in question,” the judge stated.
The prosecution had claimed that the girl was last seen near Kumar’s shop and that her body was later recovered from an under-construction building.
However, the court said this was insufficient to establish guilt, leading to Kumar’s acquittal.
