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Court acquits man of rape and murder

Colva: South Goa principal sessions court judge B P Deshpande on Wednesday acquitted Sainath Sawant, who was charged with the rape and murder of a woman from Quepem.

Cuncolim police, in their chargesheet, had submitted that on January 15, 2017, the accused took the 35-year-old victim from Margao to an isolated spot near IDC Cuncolim on his two-wheeler.



There, he sexually assaulted her and then strangled her with her dupatta and fled.

Judge Deshpande acquitted the accused of the offence, which is punishable under Section 302 of the IPC.

“Since the accused is in custody, he shall be set at liberty at once if not required in any other offence.”

In all, 15 witnesses were examined in the case.

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