JABALPUR, India, June 9 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 8:
1. This appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed by the appellant/State assailing the judgment and order of acquittal dated 23.01.2023 passed in Special Case No.57 of 2021 (State of M.P. vs. Rohit) by the learned Special Judge, POCSO Act, Balghat, District Balaghat (M.P.), whereby the respondent/accused has been acquitted of the offences under Sections 354 and 457 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3(1)(w)(I) and 3(II)(Va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
2. Briefly stated, the prosecution case is that on 21.11.2020, the prosecutrix, who belongs to t...