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on Monday acquitted a doctor in a case of kidnapping and rape of a minor girl. Also, the court directed the additional chief secretary (ACS) home to conduct an inquiry against the police officers including the then superintendent of police, the then deputy superintendent of police and the then circle inspector in the case. The court has also asked that if these policemen are found guilty of falsely implicating the doctor in a kidnapping and rape case of a minor, the government can take a conscious decision of lodging an FIR against them and refer the matter to the Central Bureau of Investigations(CBI).

The court has further directed the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the doctor since he was falsely implicated in the case.

Since the initiation of investigation against the police officers, they would be sent to lines and would not be given any field duty, the court asked.

Bhola Shankar Sharma, the counsel for the doctor

Meena, divulging the details of the case while talking to TOI on Tuesday, said, “On February 26, 2018 a case of kidnapping and rape was registered against Dr Om Prakash, senior medical officer posted at Gangapur city's government hospital. Thereafter, the police filed a chargesheet in the case and presented 16 witnesses, 32 documentary evidences. However, all these witnesses and documentary evidences could not sustain in the court and were proved wrong and fake.”

“We brought it to the notice of the court that the minor girl’s family has been into blackmailing and extorting money from various people including retired IAS, lawyers practicing in the high court, bankers and some businessmen. The incident, as per the minor girl, took place at 11am; however, the FIR was registered at 8pm. Also the medical examination of the girl did not establish that she was raped. What is more shocking in this case is that the girl is not a minor as she herself in her 164 CrPC statement had claimed she was 18,” said Bhola Shankar.

He added that the girl claimed that she had called up the police after the incident through her mobile. “However there is no seizure of any mobile phone by the police. This also shows malafide intention to wrongly implicate my client in this case,” he added.

In this case, the accused doctor remained in judicial custody of 40 days until he was granted bail. “The girl had also presented her marksheet of Class X in which her date of birth is October 10, 2000,” he added

Dinesh Gupta, the special judge, Pocso court Sawai Madhopur, while acquitting the accused from kidnapping and rape, directed the additional chief secretary (home) to independently inquire and investigate the matter. “If it is found that the police officers involved in this case including Maman Singh, the then SP, Sawai Madhopur, the then deputy superintendent of police, Narendra Kumar and then then circle inspector, Sadar police station Rewar Mal had done it with a malafide intention and wrongly implicated the doctor, the state government, through its conscious decision may further get an FIR registered and refer it to the CBI,” the court order said.

The court has also asked the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the acquitted doctor since this case has badly defamed him and put a dent on his social status. “If the policemen were found guilty of making a false case, the compensation money should be deducted from their salary,” the court said.

(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)