India, Nov. 3 -- A Pune sessions court has acquitted two brothers accused of murdering their sister-in-law following a dispute over their mother's pension money at Uruli Kanchan in April 2020, observing that the prosecution failed to establish their involvement despite proving that the woman's death was homicidal.

Additional Sessions Judge KP Kshirsagar pronounced the judgment on October 31, acquitting Parmeshwar Savalaram Thorat, 48, and Yogesh Savalaram Thorat, 44, of charges under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

According to the prosecution, a dispute broke out between the brothers at their residence in Tambe Wasti on April 11, 2020, over their mother Muktabai's pension money. During the quarrel, thei...