Virendra Gahwai, Bilaspur. Not accepting the teacher’s story, the High Court rejected the appeal against acquitting the teacher accused of alleged rape. During the hearing of the case, the High Court found that the appellant teacher had given consent to the relationship. Read this also: The mystery of blind murder solved: The brother-in-law who filed the missing report of brother-in-law turned out to be the murderer, he killed him with a horse and hid the body in a pit.
The teacher posted in the government primary school of Balodabazar district had lodged a report that she lives in a rented house with her child. On the afternoon of July 2018, when he was at home, a middle school teacher from a nearby village came home and sent the child out after giving him Rs 100 to eat chocolate. After this the accused talked about getting married. Raped the child after threatening to kill him if he did not agree to the marriage.
Based on the report, the police registered a crime and presented the challan in the court. After hearing the case, the court acquitted the accused as the crime was not proven. The victim filed an appeal against this in the High Court.
During the hearing of the case, it was found in the statements of the witnesses that there were other tenants in the house where the victim lived on rent. He did not inform anyone about the incident. The witnesses on behalf of the accused said that as per the tradition of the society, he had made the woman wear bangles and taken her to his village, where both of them stayed for three-four days. On this, the High Court rejected the appeal of the teacher saying that the relationship took place with the consent of the victim and kept the order of the lower court intact.
