India, Feb. 25 -- The Madhya Pradesh high court has acquitted a woman from Guna almost a year after she was arrested for her son's murder, saying the trial court rejected a special investigative team (SIT)'s closure report exonerating her by misinterpreting evidence that showed he had died by suicide.

Alka Jain was arrested in March last year, weeks after her 15-year-old son died. Her husband, Anupam Jain, demanded a fair probe and accused the police of poor investigation, prompting the SIT formation. The SIT concluded the couple's son died by suicide and was not murdered. The SIT filed a closure report in May 2025 exonerating Alka Jain, but the trial court rejected it.

Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke of the high court quashed the case aga...