India, March 15 -- Nearly 39 years after he was charged with being part of a gang that attacked three people in Sakinaka, the sessions court has acquitted a 58-year-old city resident, citing lack of convincing evidence.

Additional sessions judge Amit A Laulkar acquitted Nasir Ibrahim Dadan of charges of attempt to murder and causing grievous hurt in a knife attack. The trial had lingered for nearly 37 years, during which key witnesses either died or became untraceable.

According to the prosecution, the incident took place on September 30, 1987, when a group of accused allegedly attacked Manor Naidu with a knife in Sakinaka. They later attacked two others, Sayyed Amir and Shankar Tayde, causing serious injuries. At the time, the police r...