India, July 13 -- A Thane court has acquitted a tennis coach accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old student, observing that the girl's post-incident conduct and continued training with him without complaint rebutted the legal presumption of guilt against the accused.

The victim's conduct after the alleged incident cast doubt on the reliability of her testimony, Special Judge (for POCSO Act cases) Premal S Vithalani said in the order passed on July 10.

He noted that her decision to continue training with the coach without lodging any complaint undermined the credibility of her testimony, making it unsafe to convict the accused solely on her statement.

The court cleared the 40-year-old accused, a Navi Mumbai resident, of all ch...