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Samajwadi Party MLA Acquitted In Over 40 Years Old Manhandling Case

The case dates back to 1979, and the complainant in the case has died. (Representational)Lucknow: A special court in Lucknow on Friday acquitted Samajwadi Party MLA Ravidas Mehrotra and two others of the charge of manhandling some staff members of the University of Lucknow more than four decades ago.Additional chief judicial magistrate Ambrish Srivastava of the special court for cases against MPs and MLAs, in his judgment, said the prosecution could not prove its case.The prosecution produced only one witness, while the remaining witnesses did not appear before the court despite its best efforts, according to the judgement.The complainant of the case has died.For the lack of evidence on record, the court acquitted Mr Mehrotra, a former minister, and the other two accused in the case.Acc...