Panchkula, Sept. 5 -- A local court has acquitted two men in a 2023 snatching case after pointing out glaring lapses in the police investigation. The case had been registered against Aashish Malik of Zirakpur and Amit Kumar of Sector 25 in April 2023.

The incident took place on April 2, 2023, when complainant Tarun Kumar Seth of Sector-20 alleged that two bike-borne men snatched a gold chain from his wife during an evening walk.

In his complaint, Seth stated that darkness prevented him from identifying the assailants or the motorcycle used in the crime. An FIR was registered under Sections 379-A and 34 IPC, but with no clues, the case was declared "untrace" in May 2023.

Later, the Crime Branch, Sector 19, took over the probe and linked...