A Goa court on Thursday acquitted pop singer-musician Remo Fernandes of charges of verbally abusing a minor girl in 2015.

Mr. Remo’s lawyer Rajeev Gomes said Mr. Fernandes had been acquitted of the charges framed under Section 8 r/w 2 (m) of the Goa Children’s Act.

Mr. Fernandes had been charged with verbally abusing the minor girl from Maharashtra’s Malvan region, who was walking to the Old Goa Church complex in North Goa as part of an annual pilgrimage, when a car allegedly driven by Mr. Fernandes’s son knocked her down on December 15, 2015.

The victim’s complaint had stated that after she was admitted to the Goa Medical College Hospital at Bambolim near here, Mr. Fernandes visied her at the hospital and after an argument, he verbally abused her.