India, Sept. 2 -- A court in Maharashtra's Thane has acquitted a 34-year-old Maharashtra Security Force (MSF) constable in a 2020 case in which a female colleague had accused him of rape, forced abortion and cheating.

Additional Sessions Judge G T Pawar, in an order passed on August 28, held that the prosecution had failed to prove the accused's guilt beyond reasonable doubt. The court also noted contradictions in the complainant's statements and concluded that the physical relationship between the two was consensual and not based on a false promise of marriage.

According to the prosecution, the woman and the accused, Jadhav, were working as MSF constables at Ghatkopar Railway Station when they entered into a romantic relationship in 20...