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

Additional Sessions Judge G T Pawar passed the order on August 28, holding that the prosecution had failed to prove the accused's guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

According to the prosecution, the woman and the accused, both MSF constables, worked at Ghatkopar Railway Station and entered into a relationship in 2018.

The woman alleged that the accused repeatedly had physical relations with her on the promise of marriage and that she became pregnant, following which the pregnancy was allegedly terminated without her con...