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Court Acquits Man Accused Of Killing Pregnant Wife
Kashmir Observer
|SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 ISSUE
A court in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district has acquitted a man of the charge of killing his pregnant wife, citing the prosecution's failure to prove the guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Principal District and Sessions Judge, Anantnag, Tahir Khurshid Raina has acquitted Bilal Ahmad Sofi in the case of his wife's death in the south Kashmir district.
This story is from the SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 ISSUE edition of Kashmir Observer.
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