Court Acquits Actor Vidyut Jamwal In 2007 Assault Case
A court in Mumbai, on Monday acquitted Bollywood actor Vidyut Jamwal and his friend in a 2007 assault case.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
A
court
in
Mumbai,
on
Monday
acquitted
Bollywood
actor
Vidyut
Jamwal
and
his
friend
in
a
2007
assault
case.
Metropolitan
magistrate
Pragati
Yerlekar
acquitted
Jamwal
and
his
friend
Rishant
Goswami
of
all
the
charges
levelled
against
them.
Details
of
the
order
are
awaited.
Jamwal
and
his
friend
were
accused
of
hitting
one
Rahul
Suri,
a
resident
of
Juhu
area,
with
a
bottle
at
a
five-star
hotel
in
suburban
Santacruz
in
August
2007.
During
the
course
of
trial,
the
court
examined
two
witnesses,
the
police
officer
who
recorded
the
First
Information
Report
(FIR)
another
person.
Jamwal's
lawyer
Aniket
Nikam
had
argued
before
the
court
that
the
actor
and
his
friends
were
innocent.
"They
were
never
involved
in
the
alleged
incident.
There
was
no
satisfactory
evidence
to
point
out
before
the
court
the
culpability
of
my
clients,"
Nikam
told
PTI
on
Monday.
Jamwal
has
acted
in
films
like
Commando,
Force,
Baadshaho
and
Junglee.