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Maharashtra: Court in Palghar acquits truck driver accused in 2011 drugs case
Updated On: 24 May, 2023 01:32 PM IST | Palghar | mid-day online correspondent
The prosecutor told the court that acting on a tip-off, officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Mumbai, intercepted a truck on the intervening night of February 25-26, 2011 near a hotel at Chinchoti Naka in Vasai area of Palghar
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A court in Maharashtra's Palghar district has acquitted a 40-year-old truck driver accused in a drugs case of 2011, giving him the benefit of doubt, reported news agency PTI.
According to news agency PTI, District and Additional Sessions Judge, Vasai, Dr Sudhiir M Deshpande in the order passed on May 2 held the prosecution failed to prove charges against the accused, Mangal Raj Bhagat @ Mangloo from Jammu and Kashmir, and hence he needs to be acquitted.
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