ASP held guilty of favouring rape accused in Rajasthan's Sikar
A special court in Rajasthan's Sikar district has held an Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) guilty of weakening a 2016 rape case of a 10-year-old girl, an official said Sunday.
On Saturday, ASP, Neem Ka Thana, Dinesh Agarwal was found guilty by the POCSO court Judge Anil Kumar Kaushik for weakening the rape case by filing the final report, Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Shivratan Sharma said.
The judge directed senior police officials to register a case against the rape accused, Shivraj Singh, under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 354 (outraging modesty) and 376 (rape) and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (PCOSO) Act, he said
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