New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- A Delhi court has acquitted a man of charges including rape, administering an intoxicating substance, extortion, criminal intimidation and destruction of evidence, observing that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.

Additional Sessions Judge Sushil Anuj Tyagi of the South-West District, Dwarka Courts, passed the judgment after examining the testimony of the complainant, hotel records, bank transactions, call-detail records, electronic evidence and other material collected during the investigation.

According to the prosecution case, the complainant received a call from an unknown number in October 2020. The caller addressed her by her nickname and introduced himself to her. The two subs...