Mohali, May 4 -- A Mohali court has acquitted a 50-year-old woman in a decade-old chain-snatching case, citing an unexplained eight-month delay in reporting the incident and prosecution contradictions that created "serious doubt".

The case was registered at Zirakpur police station against Harjinder Kaur and co-accused Rani. The incident dates back to September 9, 2015, when complainant Minakshi Ahuja alleged that while she was waiting for a bus to go to PGIMER, Chandigarh, a car stopped near her with two women and a boy inside.

She alleged that they persuaded her to sit in the vehicle on the pretext of dropping her at the hospital and later took her gold chain and pendant before leaving her near a market. However, the complaint was file...