Dismissed
Jayshree Ashokrao Adhikar v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Bombay HCAPEAL/85/2013
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court of Bombay, Aurangabad Bench dismissed an appeal against acquittal in a sexual abuse case. The Court found that the prosecutrix, a grown-up witness, voluntarily joined the accused after the alleged incidents and signed a stamp paper without reporting coercion, indicating the acquittal did not require interference.
What did the court decide?
Criminal appeal dismissed as it lacks merit; acquittal upheld.