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A Thane sessions court acquitted a 33-year-old man accused of rape and cheating, observing that the two-year relationship with the complainant was consensual from the beginning and that the prosecution failed to prove fraudulent intent or charges beyond reasonable doubt

Case stems from a complaint filed by the victim, a Khammam resident, against the petitioner alleging sexual assault and false promise of marriage

A bench of Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey passed the verdict on the petition filed by the accused Palash Chandel, who had sought to quash the chargesheet and subsequent criminal proceedings in the case, the petitioner's lawyer Hari Agrawal said