India, Oct. 3 -- A Ghaziabad court has acquitted a man accused of shooting dead a 17-year-old girl in Vasundhara in December 2017, citing a lack of forensic evidence and credible witness testimony, officials said.

The case, linked to Indirapuram police station, involved allegations that the then 17-year-old accused, a Class 11 student, shot the victim, a Class 10 student, in the head with his father's licensed revolver on December 20, 2017, while she was on her way to coaching classes around 6.30pm. Police had also claimed that the accused later attempted to shoot himself with the same weapon, sustaining injuries.

An FIR was registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (murder) and 309 (attempting suicide). The prosecution main...