Panchkula, June 16 -- The court of additional chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Kirti Vashista has acquitted Harmesh Kumar, a truck driver from Kharar (Mohali), in a fatal road accident case, in which a 23-year-old man, Veerpal, had lost his life. The acquittal stems from numerous procedural lapses identified in the prosecution's case.

The Sector-14 police station had registered a case against Harmesh Kumar on September 3, 2022, under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC. According to the prosecution, the accident occurred near the Sector 12-A/Sector 20 light points, involving a Chandigarh-registered motorcycle and a Punjab-registered truck.

The victim, Veerpal, originally from Muradabad, UP, was ...