Udupi, October 28: Yashoda Mujhekhana, who was arrested injured, at the police encounter with the naxalite, at Idu, in Karkala taluk, in 2003, on the charges of her association with banned Maoist movement was acquitted in the Udupi District and Session Court here on Friday.
District and Session Judge Narendra Kumar Gunaki passed the acquittal order.
Police, in the charge sheet filed in the court, had accused her of attempting to murder the duty bound police and also booked her under the Arms Act.
According to police, on Nov 17, 2003 police headed by Udupi SP Murugan and DySP KC Ashokan had sighted naxalites inside the house of one Ramappa Poojary.
In an encounter they had killed Parvathi of Koppala and Hajima of Raichore in the courtyard of Poojary's house and also shot at Yashoda. Injured Yashoda was later arrested by the police.
The court had heard asmany as 40 evidence and acquitted Yashoda.
After the court acquitted her, Yashoda said that she had full confidence in the court.
She said that her court expenses came up to Rs 1.50 lakhs and her villagers bore most of the expenses voluntarily. She announced to take up the struggle against attempts to evacuate 43 families, by the government in her village.
Advocates M Shantharam Shetty from Udupi and BA Jagadish from Bangalore had argued on behalf of Yashoda.
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