The Karnataka High Court has upheld the trial court’s 2017 acquittal of a father accused of sexually assaulting his then-minor daughter. The bench — Justices Sreenivas Harish Kumar and K. S. Hemaleakha — ruled that the prosecution’s case was riddled with inconsistencies, coached testimony by the mother, lack of corroborative medical evidence, and questionable DNA findings.

The High Court dismissed the appeal filed by the mother, upholding the acquittal of the father under the POCSO Act.

This ruling underscores the court’s emphasis on the reliability of evidence and helping to clarify important legal standards in POCSO trials.

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