New Delhi, May 29 -- The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the Government of NCT of Delhi challenging the acquittal of Muraif Qamar and Irshad Ali alias Deepak in a 2006 case involving the alleged recovery of arms, ammunition and explosives by the Delhi Police Special Cell. The Court held that the prosecution failed to establish the respondents' guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and found no infirmity in the trial court's acquittal judgment.

A Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain, by judgment dated May 29, 2026, upheld the December 22, 2016, acquittal recorded by the trial court and observed that the prosecution's case lacked credibility. The Court noted that several crucial investigative steps ...