Panchkula, Aug. 4 -- A local sessions court has acquitted an accused in a 2017 snatching case, after pulling up Panchkula Police for several legal lapses during the investigation.

Sessions judge Ved Parkash Sirohi observed that the police had failed to follow proper legal procedure, including not conducting a formal test identification parade under judicial supervision and mishandling key aspects of the investigation. These procedural flaws led to the acquittal of Shehnwaj, a native of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

The case revolved around an alleged snatching incident on December 31, 2017, at Pinjore Garden, where the complainant, Anil Kumar, from Kurukshetra, claimed that three men had robbed him of his cellphone and wallet containing ...