India, April 21 -- A sessions court in Vadgaon Maval on April 17 acquitted a 52-year-old contractor accused of murdering his elderly mother, holding that the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence despite proving the death was homicidal.

Additional Sessions Judge Rajendra V. Huddar, in a judgment delivered on April 17, acquitted Rambabu Matlori, who was charged under IPC Section 302 for allegedly killing his mother, Nagamma Matlori, in August 2023.

The case arose after the woman's body was found near Sangameshwar Mahadev temple in Warangwadi village on August 10, 2023. A case (C.R. No. 207/2023) was registered at Talegaon MIDC Police Station.

The prosecution alleged that the accused took his mother ...