Archive · 13 Nov 2025
Alleged Serial Offender Acquitted in 2017 Sexual Assault Case
A man named Rehan Qureshi, accused of several crimes, was on trial for sexually assaulting a young girl in 2017.
The court decided he was not guilty.
One reason for this decision was that the police didn't do the lineup, where people try to identify the suspect, correctly.
The girl had said a man approached her when she was out buying school supplies and asked her to go with him to get a geyser.
She followed him, and he took her to a building and assaulted her.
The police then investigated, and he was charged.
However, because of the mistake in identifying him, the court found him not guilty in this specific case.
Rehan Qureshi, an alleged serial offender facing over 11 cases, was acquitted by a special court in Dindoshi.
The acquittal was in a 2017 case involving the alleged sexual assault of a minor girl.
The court cited an improperly conducted identification parade as a key reason for the acquittal.
The prosecution had alleged the assault occurred when the victim was lured away from a general store.
Qureshi was on trial for charges including rape.
- Who
- Rehan Qureshi, an alleged serial offender
- What
- Acquitted in a sexual assault case of a minor girl
- When
- June 8, 2017 (alleged crime); Date of acquittal not specified
- Where
- Dindoshi court, Mumbai (western suburbs)
- Why
- The court cited an improperly conducted identification parade as a ground for acquittal.
- Accused
- Rehan Qureshi
- Alleged Crime
- Sexual assault of a minor girl
- Year of Alleged Crime
- 2017
- Court
- Special Court, Dindoshi
- Reason for Acquittal
- Improper identification parade
- Other Cases
- Over 11 cases