A Thane district and session court has acquitted an 67-year-old man and his two sons in a 2018 attempted murder case, citing various inconsistencies in the prosecution’s evidence. The order was passed by additional sessions judge Amit M Shete on May 27 and made available on Friday.

The court acquitted Ramesh Chandrapal Chauhan and his sons Arjun, 35, and Amit, 37, in the case registered against them at the Wagle Estate police station on August 13, 2018, based on the complaint lodged by the father of one Kunal Zanzot (then aged 20), the victim.

The trio were booked on the charges of attempted murder, voluntarily causing hurt, intentional insult and criminal intimidation. Another accused, Suresh, alias Surya Jagan Chauhan, passed away during the trial. The prosecution alleged that on August 10, 2018, following a dispute over a marriage proposal, the trio assaulted Kunal and his father.