Panchkula, Oct. 20 -- The court of additional sessions judge Bikramjit Aroura has acquitted accused patwari Phool Singh from Parwala village, Panchkula, in a 2019 corruption case.

The case was registered by the Chandimandir police station in July 2019 under Section 170 of the IPC and sections 7 and 8 of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act. The complainant, Manish Kumar from Bataur, Barwala, accused Phool Singh for taking Rs.1,000 bribe for making a mutation entry. The trial began in July 2021.

Proceedings against the co-accused, Naresh Kumar, 49, from Naraingarh, Ambala, were dropped as he had died during the pendency of the trial.

In its October 14 order, the court stated that the prosecution "has fallen short of establishing the es...