Updated On: 11 February, 2021 07:31 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
“There were no eyewitnesses present during the trial. The police photographer produced the photo of a kitchen knife before the court, whereas a sickle was used for murder. The photographer too was not questioned by the public prosecutor,” said the defence lawyer

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The sessions court on Tuesday acquitted a 40-year-old man for killing his 70-year-old mother on November 10, 2017, for lack of evidence and benefit of doubt.
Additional sessions court judge, Mahesh Lone, acquitted Naresh Mahali, an autorickshaw driver and a resident of Kharadpada, Vasai (East), after the prosecution failed to produce concrete evidence before the court, stated a report in Hindustan Times.