New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI) A court here has acquitted a man accused of assaulting a police constable after he was caught consuming liquor in the open in 2016, saying the prosecution’s version was “highly improbable and hard to believe”.

Senior Civil Judge Pragati was hearing the case against the accused, Ashish Joshi, against whom Anand Vihar police station had registered an FIR for the offences of obstructing, causing hurt and assaulting a public servant to prevent him from discharging his duties.

According to the prosecution, Joshi was apprehended by beat constable Praveen Kumar after he was caught “consuming liquor in a disposable plastic glass while sitting in the bushes” near Cross River Mall on September 7, 2016. Show Full Article

It alleged that after being caught, the accused gave

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