AGRA, March 26 -- A court in Hathras has acquitted a degree college professor accused of sexually harassing and exploiting over a dozen female students and other women, citing lack of evidence.

Additional district judge (fast track court-I) Mahendra Kumar Rawat on Tuesday (March 24) acquitted Rajneesh Kumar of charges under sections 376 (rape), 376C (sexual intercourse by a person in authority) and 354A (sexual harassment) of the IPC, and Section 67 of the Information Technology (IT) Act.

The case also raises concern over the police investigation as the court held that the charges could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt and acquitted the accused for lack of sufficient evidence. It also observed that the electronic material presented...