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A sessions tribunal successful Maharashtra’s Thane territory has acquitted 5 persons accused of sidesplitting a antheral 32 years ago, citing missing and deteriorated documents and the inability of the prosecution to unafraid reliable witnesses.
The Additional Sessions Judge astatine Kalyan, P.F. Sayyad, delivered the judgement connected September 26, a transcript of which was made disposable connected Friday (October 3, 2025).
According to the prosecution, 1 Lucky Premchand Bhatia was assaulted with crisp weapons astatine Samrat Ashok Nagar connected December 16, 1992, and subsequently died.
Suresh Dinanath Upadhyaya, Gautam Mahadev Gaikwad, Mohiddin Siddhique Khan, Kanahayya Basanna Koli, and Kumar Chetumal Nagrani were shown arsenic accused successful the case.
The proceedings faced important hurdles, chiefly stemming from the agelong delay. All 5 accused remained absent aft being released connected bail, necessitating non-bailable warrants and a proclamation bid successful September 2024.
The justice recovered the cardinal documents, including witnesser statements and the chargesheet, successful a torn condition. The postmortem study was not disposable successful the records.
The prosecution was capable to analyse lone 2 witnesses, but the grounds of 1 of them was deemed unreliable arsenic helium had Parkinson’s disease, the justice noted.
Acquitting the 5 accused, the tribunal said the prosecution had failed to found their guilt beyond a tenable doubt.
