Overview

• Additional Sessions Judge V G Mohite acquitted the 36-year-old on July 18 and the order was released publicly on July 23 after finding insufficient evidence.
• The accused had been in judicial custody since October 28, 2023, following allegations that he abducted his one-and-a-half-year-old nephew in Kalwa for ransom.
• During the trial, the child’s mother and the accused’s wife both retracted their statements and denied any ransom demand, calling the complaint a result of domestic discord.
• Prosecutors had charged the defendant under IPC sections 363 (kidnapping), 364A (kidnapping for ransom), 365 (wrongful confinement) and 384 (extortion).
• Defense counsel Sagar Kolhe maintained that the accused briefly took the child to locate his wife and returned him unharmed when she was unavailable.