New Delhi, March 16 -- A Rouse Avenue Court has acquitted three Uttar Pradesh police officers who were prosecuted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly failing to register an FIR on a complaint related to the Unnao rape case involving former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.

Delivering judgment on March 14, ACJM Mayank Goel held that the prosecution failed to prove the essential ingredients required to establish an offence under Section 166A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which penalises a public servant for knowingly disobeying legal directions to record information regarding certain cognizable offences, including rape.

The case was registered against Kunwar Bahadur Singh, then Circle Officer of Safipur; Dharam Prakash Sh...