New Delhi, April 3 -- Delhi's Tis Hazari Court has recently acquitted a man of rape charges levelled against him in view of the false statement given by the complainant. The court has also directed the court staff to send a complainant to the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) against the woman for perjury (false evidence in the court).

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Anuj Agarwal acquitted the accused considering the facts no prosecution witness supported the allegations levelled by the victim and contradiction in her own statement.

While acquitting the accused the Judge said, "However, in my view, an acquittal simplicitor cannot recompense the agony of the accused.

"It is no gainsaying that an offence of rape is diabolic and abbhorable,...