India, March 30 -- Nearly two months after a sessions court sentenced 26-year-old Shree Ambadas Jogdhankar to life imprisonment for the murder of 19-year-old Jhanvi Kukreja and acquitted co-accused Diya Padalkar, the victim's mother, Nidhi Kukreja, has moved the Bombay High Court challenging Padalkar's acquittal, arguing that crucial evidence was ignored and justice for her daughter remains incomplete.

On January 21, 2026, the judge sentenced Jogdhankar to life imprisonment for the murder of Jhanvi, a Santacruz resident, during a New Year's Eve party in the early hours of January 1, 2021. The court, however, acquitted Diya, Kukreja's childhood friend, granting her the benefit of doubt due to lack of conclusive evidence.

Unwilling to acc...