Panchkula, April 14 -- Highlighting serious lapses in the investigation by Panchkula Police, a local court acquitted two men accused in a gold earrings snatching case after the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt.

The court of sessions judge acquitted 47-year-old Gagan, a resident of Ambala, and 36-year-old Lavi Arora, from Muktsar district in Punjab. Both were residing in Bhabhat, Zirakpur, at the time of the incident.

The court pointed out multiple shortcomings in the prosecution's case. It observed that the complainant had failed to mention any physical description of the accused in her initial complaint and was not certain about their identity during her testimony, stating that the accused only "looked li...