<p>A city court today acquitted a suspended French consular official here of the charge of raping his minor daughter, on the grounds that he was "falsely implicated" and was innocent.<br /><br />Special court judge B S Rekha held that there was no evidence to prove that Mazurier Pascal had committed the crime and he was innocent as the DNA test was negative.<br /><br />His estranged wife, Suja Jones Mazurier, had filed an application in the court to charge Pascal for committing unnatural offences on his minor daughter.<br /><br />The daughter in 2012 was three years old.<br /><br />Suja and Pascal were married in France in 2001 and have three children. The family had moved to Bengaluru in 2008.<br /><br />She had also submitted a medical report from the Collaborative Child Response Unit of the Baptist Hospital, confirming the child was raped.<br /><br />Judge of the special court for child rights Shubha Goudar had on February 11 framed charges against Pascal for allegedly raping his daughter, under IPC section 376 (punishment for rape).<br /><br />The court had on January 7 refused to discharge Pascal, ruling there was sufficient evidence for him to face trial.<br /><br />Pascal had filed an application seeking discharge from the case contending there was no necessity of a trial since the investigation had not proved his involvement in the offence. He also had written a letter in 2014 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking speedy disposal of case.<br /><br />Pascal was arrested on June 19, 2012 based on the complaint filed by his wife, a Keralite. <br /><br /></p>
<p>A city court today acquitted a suspended French consular official here of the charge of raping his minor daughter, on the grounds that he was "falsely implicated" and was innocent.<br /><br />Special court judge B S Rekha held that there was no evidence to prove that Mazurier Pascal had committed the crime and he was innocent as the DNA test was negative.<br /><br />His estranged wife, Suja Jones Mazurier, had filed an application in the court to charge Pascal for committing unnatural offences on his minor daughter.<br /><br />The daughter in 2012 was three years old.<br /><br />Suja and Pascal were married in France in 2001 and have three children. The family had moved to Bengaluru in 2008.<br /><br />She had also submitted a medical report from the Collaborative Child Response Unit of the Baptist Hospital, confirming the child was raped.<br /><br />Judge of the special court for child rights Shubha Goudar had on February 11 framed charges against Pascal for allegedly raping his daughter, under IPC section 376 (punishment for rape).<br /><br />The court had on January 7 refused to discharge Pascal, ruling there was sufficient evidence for him to face trial.<br /><br />Pascal had filed an application seeking discharge from the case contending there was no necessity of a trial since the investigation had not proved his involvement in the offence. He also had written a letter in 2014 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking speedy disposal of case.<br /><br />Pascal was arrested on June 19, 2012 based on the complaint filed by his wife, a Keralite. <br /><br /></p>