Mohali, April 27 -- Three years after a three-day-old girl was buried alive, a district and sessions court in Mohali acquitted her mother of murder charges on grounds of legal insanity, ruling that the woman was of unsound mind at the time of the incident and incapable of understanding the nature and consequences of her actions.

Legal insanity is a term used to describe a mental state that is severe enough to prevent a person from having legal capacity, and thus excuses them from criminal responsibility.

According to the case registered in February 2023, the infant's father had alleged that his wife had buried their daughter in soil, and that he had rescued her and rushed her to the hospital, where she died during treatment.

During tri...