A court in Thane has acquitted a 36-year-old woman who was accused of murdering her five-month-old son in December 2021. The woman had been charged with drowning her infant in a water drum. The Principal District and Sessions Judge, S.B. Agrawal, delivered the judgment on January 20, clearing the woman of all charges after finding that there was insufficient evidence to prove her guilt.

The prosecution had alleged that on December 24, 2021, the woman threw her baby into a water drum placed outside her home in Kalwa’s Saiba Nagar locality, leading to his tragic death. The woman initially reported to the police that her child had gone missing from the hammock in which he had been placed to sleep. She claimed an unknown person had abducted him, prompting the authorities to open a case of kidnapping.