A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has pulled up the police for doing a shoddy investigation into a murder case and acquitted a 43-year-old man of committing the murder about nine years ago, giving him the benefit of doubt.

Thane Sessions Judge Rachna R Tehra, In her order of October 10, gave relief to the accused Ravindra Devu Lathad of Vajreshwari. A copy of the order was made available on Thursday, PTI reported.