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Delhi court acquits man accused of murdering woman in 1998
The Daily Guardian
|November 25, 2024
Delhi's Saket District Court recently acquitted a man accused of stabbing a woman to death 26 years back in 1998.
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The accused had absconded and was declared a proclaimed offender by the Court.
He was arrested in the year 2022 from his native village in Dausa Rajasthan after 24 years of the incident. An FIR was registered in the police station Okhla Industrial Area in March 1998.
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Rajneesh Kumar Gupta acquitted Niranjan of the offence of murder of Maya.
The court said that the prosecution has failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt against the accused for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC.
"Accordingly, the accused Niranjan is acquitted for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC and under Section 174-A IPC. The bail bond was cancelled. Surety discharged," the court ordered on November 22, 2024.
This story is from the November 25, 2024 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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