New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Delhi's Rouse Avenue court on Thursday dismissed a defamation complaint against former Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari after the complainant's death. The court also acquitted Congress leader Rashid Alvi along with the other accused.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Paras Dalal dismissed the complaint against Bhagat Singh Koshyari and three others. One accused Prabhat Singh Chauhan has already died.

The court dismissed the complaint after the death of the complainant, SP Gupta, Managing Director of M/s Sunair Hotels Ltd.

The court also dismissed an application moved by three legal heirs finding it without any merit.

"The application filed by the three legal heirs is thus maintainable in law, ...