Muar High Court acquits, discharges two of kidnapping charge

Haresh (second right) and Richarddas, (right) shaking hands with their lawyer Sabapathy (middle). Also present were lawyers K. Veeranesh Babu (left) and Fairuz Elias Majid (second from left) outside the Muar High Court.

MUAR: Two men walked out of the High Court here as free men after being acquitted and discharged from a charge of kidnapping a man in front of his house six years ago.

High Court Judge Justice Halijah Abbas made the decision after finding that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against the accused, 34-year-old B. Haresh and 32-year-old M.J. Richarddas.