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The student alleged that she was sexually harassed on the night of March 31 on the campus by four people, including two former students.
The girls, all between nine and 12 years of age, stopped going to the school due to the abuse, the complainant said.
The men in their 30s allegedly abused the girl between last August and this March.
Judge Ash K Bal cited “lack of adequate evidence” in the case to acquit Sojan.
The 16-year-old girl was abducted and sexually assaulted by a gang of three men.
Vazhakkad police arrested V Siddique Ai (43), a native of Oorkkadavu under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act over the complaint from the girl's family.
The victim's sisters said the karate teacher has raped other girls as well and that he is an accused in two other POCSO cases.
The police have booked cases against 16 persons for abusing the girl, besides three others for circulating video footage of the abuse.
The Department of Health Services was under fire for its failure to remove the convicted physician from service.
The trial of the case was completed in one and a half years, with the accused being held in judicial custody throughout the process.