New Delhi, May 24 -- A Delhi Court recently acquitted five accused, including an army personnel and a BSF personnel, in an espionage case. While acquitting the accused persons, the court flagged serious lapses in the investigation.

The court said that the prosecution had failed to conclusively establish that the documents allegedly recovered were secret official records within the meaning and ambit of Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act (OSA).

It was alleged that the main accused, Kafait Ulla Khan, was sharing defence information related to deployment on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir to ISI through Pakistan agent Faizal Ur Rehman. All accused are residents of Jammu and Kashmir.

This case pertains to an FIR of 2015 lo...