Panchkula, March 26 -- The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Ajay Kumar has acquitted all twelve accused in a case related to the widespread violence that erupted in Panchkula on August 25, 2017, following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. However, the court has directed Ahlmad to give a red ink note on the record that same be not destroyed, and same be put up before the court as and when one of accused Aditya Insa is apprehended, produced or surrendered before the court. Honeypreet and eight others are facing a separate criminal trial.

The court found that the prosecution failed to establish the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt, leading to their acquittal. The accused, namely Pankaj Kumar, S...