SC upholds acquittal of Pipli Live co-producer
Friday - January 19, 2018 1:52 pm ,
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SC upholds acquittal of Pipli Live co-producer
New Delhi Jan 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the acquittal of "Pipli Live" co-producer Mahmood Farooqui in an alleged rape case rejecting a plea by the complainant challenging the Delhi High Court order.
Observing "it was an extremely well decided case no need for intervention" Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice L. Nageswara Rao rejected the plea by the victim challenging the High Court order.
Farooqui was convicted by the trial court and sentenced to undergo seven years in prison on charges of sexually abusing a research scholar from Columbia University.
--IANS
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