mumbaiUpdated: Jan 20, 2020 00:10 ISTA 28-year-old man who was booked for stalking a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Colaba in 2015 has been acquitted by a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) court. During the trial, the teen failed to identify the accused in the court, hence he was acquitted. As per the girl’s parent’s complaint on July 6, 2015, the accused approached the girl and asked her phone number. The boys entered a hotel and subsequently were caught by the police who arrived there on the parent’s phone call. Rehman was charged with sections 354D (stalking) of Indian Penal Code and 12 (sexual harassment) of the Pocso Act.

Source: Hindustan Times January 19, 2020 18:41 UTC