Chandigarh, Aug. 23 -- In a seven-year-long legal battle, a former employee of the DC office's arms branch, Ajay Parkash, has been acquitted of charges related to the embezzlement of over Rs.13 lakh in government fees. The case, which was registered in 2017, concluded with the court ruling in favour of the accused.

The charges stemmed from a complaint filed by the DC office after an audit revealed that fees collected from arms license applications were not being deposited into the government account. A committee formed to investigate the matter had initially implicated Ajay Parkash, 39, from Pinjore, leading to the registration of a case under Section 409 of the IPC at Sector-17.

However, during the trial, the defense counsel, Sudesh Ku...