A man charged with the rape of a girl under the age of 16 was on Wednesday freed after a jury was unable to arrive at a verdict.
After about three hours of deliberations at the High Court in Georgetown, the 12-member jury could not decide on a verdict for Mahendra Budhan, who was accused of rape of a child under 16, allegedly committed between August 1 and August 31, 2010.
After indicating that they were split nine to three, the jurors sought further directions from trial judge Justice Jo-Ann Barlow, before retiring to the jury room again.
