A Thane court has acquitted two men accused of a 2023 murder, citing the prosecution's failure to establish a complete and convincing chain of circumstantial evidence to prove their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

According to the news agency PTI, while the court accepted that the victim, Ravindra Pardeshi (49), had died a homicidal death, as confirmed by the postmortem report, a prosecution witness, and the testimony of the deceased's daughter, Principal District and Sessions Judge S. B. Agrawal noted several critical gaps in the prosecution's case.