A special POCSO court in Thane acquitted a man accused of raping and impregnating his minor stepsister after the victim turned hostile and a DNA test established he was not the father of the child she delivered later, reported PTI.

Special Judge Ruby U Malvankar acquitted the man, who was 20 at the time of the alleged incident, of Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act charges related to aggravated rape, causing hurt by means of poison, or any stupefying, intoxicating, or unwholesome drug/substance with the intent to commit offence, among others, reported PTI.