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Margao court acquits man in assault case

Colva: The additional judicial magistrate first class has acquitted Bruce Lee Rodrigues, who was charged by police for mischief and voluntarily causing grievous hurt to complainant Lourenco Gomes at Margao .

The prosecution alleged that in February 2015, the accused, along with three other unidentified accused, trespassed into the complainant’s house and assaulted him with fist blows on his left eye causing grievous injuries.

They had threatened to kill Gomes. The accused were charged by Margao police for offence punishable under sections 425, 325 and 506 read with Section 34 of IPC.

Advocate Rajeev Gomes pointed out before the court that Gomes has not named the accused in the complaint and that there is no evidence even to suggest that the complainant sustained permanent loss of vision of his left eye due to assault .

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