New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- A Delhi court has acquitted Deepak Mandal in a 2018 fake Indian currency notes (FICNs) case, observing that material contradictions in the testimonies of police witnesses and several lapses in the investigation raised "strong doubt" over the prosecution's version of the alleged recovery.

Delhi Court acquits man in fake currency case, says police evidence raises strong doubt over alleged recovery

The court particularly questioned the alleged recovery proceedings, noting that the investigating agency failed to seize or produce the black-coloured bag and two black polythene packets which, according to the prosecution witnesses, were allegedly being carried by Mandal and contained the counterfeit notes.

The court obse...