Updated On: 26 November, 2025 05:04 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
According to the prosecution, he allegedly killed the woman in a forested area near the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway on January 15, 2019 by hitting her with a stone

The court observed that the woman’s husband and daughter both stated they were unaware of any relationship between her and the accused. Representational Pic/File
A court in Thane district of Maharashtra has acquitted a 33-year-old man accused of murdering a woman in 2019, observing that there was “hardly any evidence” connecting him to the crime, reported the PTI.
Principal District and Sessions Judge S. B. Agrawal, in a judgment delivered on Monday, acquitted Abrar Mohmmed Aslam Shaikh of charges under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code, as per the PTI.