Thane : A court in Thane has acquitted an auto-rickshaw driver in a case of attempting to kill a man in 2022, noting the prosecution failed to prove the events leading up to the assault, leaving the “genesis of the incident” shrouded in doubt.

Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thane, S B Agrawal, observed significant discrepancies between the initial First Information Report (FIR) and the victim’s testimony in court .

A copy of the order dated October 15 was made available on Sunday.

According to the prosecution, the accused, Jagdish alias Yagdev Bhikho Mahato (54), allegedly assaulted Jabbar Abdul Rehman Malgudkar with a sharp weapon on his head and hand in Kopri area of Maharashtra’s Thane city on November 3, 2022.

An FIR was subsequently registered against the accused on v

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