Thane: A Thane court has acquitted a 40-year-old tennis coach from Navi Mumbai accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old student in Thane, observing that the girl’s post-incident conduct and continued training with him without complaint rebutted the legal presumption of guilt against the man. The court cited major inconsistencies and lack of corroborative evidence.The girl’s conduct after the alleged incident cast doubt on the reliability of her testimony, Special Judge Premal S Vithalani said in the order passed on July 10. The court also flagged that the police did not record statements of the girl’s friends who were allegedly training with her before the incidents. It also noted that the forensic DNA profiling of the aborted foetus was inconclusive and the housing society’s CCTV footage showed nothing objectionable.
