Mohali, Jan. 31 -- A local court acquitted two men, including an "accomplice" of separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, who had been arrested in a case of pasting of posters regarding Punjab independence (Khalistan) referendum in Mohali in 2017. The court of additional sessions judge (Mohali) Baljinder Singh Sra acquitted Gurpreet Singh of Sector 80, Mohali, in whose printing press those posters were allegedly printed, and Harpuneet Singh, alias Honey, of Mussa Chowk in Jammu, said to be Pannu's accomplice.

The case

On July 6, 2017, the police received a "secret" information regarding posters near religious sites in various locations across Punjab, including one near a college in Landran of Mohali. These posters read 'Punjab Independ...