<p class="title">A special Pocso court in Udupi acquitted two men on charges of sexually assaulting and killing a PU student in Byndoor on June 17, 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sunil and his friend Akshaya, both 19, were acquitted by the court. During the trial, Judge Kalpana Yermal acquitted the duo due to glaring loopholes in the charge sheet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On June 17, 2015, the 17-year-old victim was found dead near Byndoor in Udupi. Within two days of the incident, the then SP K Annamalai visited the spot and arrested Sunil and Akshaya from Yojana Nagara in Byndoor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Judge observed that the spot mahazar was not performed immediately after the victim's body was discovered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The post mortem was also delayed, the Judge observed, upholding the arguments of advocates Subramaniah and Poornima.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Special public prosecutor Y T Raghavendra said the eyewitnesses had seen the accused men following the victim before sexually assaulting and killing her. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Sunil was imprisoned until his acquittal, while Akshaya, who is accused of misleading the police in order to protect Sunil, had been released on bail.</p>
<p class="title">A special Pocso court in Udupi acquitted two men on charges of sexually assaulting and killing a PU student in Byndoor on June 17, 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sunil and his friend Akshaya, both 19, were acquitted by the court. During the trial, Judge Kalpana Yermal acquitted the duo due to glaring loopholes in the charge sheet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On June 17, 2015, the 17-year-old victim was found dead near Byndoor in Udupi. Within two days of the incident, the then SP K Annamalai visited the spot and arrested Sunil and Akshaya from Yojana Nagara in Byndoor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Judge observed that the spot mahazar was not performed immediately after the victim's body was discovered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The post mortem was also delayed, the Judge observed, upholding the arguments of advocates Subramaniah and Poornima.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Special public prosecutor Y T Raghavendra said the eyewitnesses had seen the accused men following the victim before sexually assaulting and killing her. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Sunil was imprisoned until his acquittal, while Akshaya, who is accused of misleading the police in order to protect Sunil, had been released on bail.</p>
