Giving the benefit of doubt, Special CBI Judge Vimal Kumar acquitted the accused Absar Ahmad, Hilal Ahmad, Aijaz Ahmad, Sabeena and her husband Abdul Hamid Bullah yesterday.
All three prime witnesses turned hostile before the trial court.
"Victims did not supported the case of prosecution therefore the accused were given benefit of doubt," CBI counsel R K Handa said.
Accused were charged under Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act.
"The statements recorded by Sessions Judge and Judicial Magistrate in Srinagar under the purview of Section 164 of the CrPC are not admissible as evidence against the accused until and unless the witnesses support the case of the prosecution. Here, in the trial court the witnesses did not support the cases," defence counsel Rabindra Pandit said here today.