India, Aug. 14 -- NEW DELHI
A Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief and Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal and her media advisor at the time, Bhupinder Singh, in a 2016 case accusing them of disclosing the name of a 14-year-old rape victim, who later succumbed to her injuries.
The acquittal order was passed by additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal.
The court said that the prosecution failed to prove the commission of offences under Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act, read with rule 86 of JJ Rules, by the accused beyond reasonable doubt as neither the notice sent on WhatsApp by Singh revealed the identity of the minor victim nor was the allegation of sharing of a copy of the notice wit...
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