All charges against Pinki Pramanik dropped
Pramanik's live-in partner, Anamika, had earlier claimed that the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games medal winner is actually a male who tortured and raped her over a period.
She had said the athlete was terrorizing her for long and had sex by falsely promising to marry her.
Justice Subrata Talukdar on Friday ordered to quash quash all charges framed against the athlete.
Pinki was arrested in 2012. She was in kept custody for 25 days.
She is a national 4×400 metres relay team champion who also won silver at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, gold at the 2006 Asian Games, and gold at the 2005 Asian Indoor Games.
She completed at triple of gold medals at the 2006 South Asian Games, winning the 400 and 800 m events, as well as the relay.
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