Srinagar, Sept. 3 -- A court in south Kashmir's Anantnag district has acquitted a man of the charge of killing his pregnant wife, citing the prosecution's failure to prove the guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Principal District and Sessions Judge, Anantnag, Tahir Khurshid Raina has acquitted Bilal Ahmad Sofi in the case of his wife's death in the south Kashmir district.

In its order, the court cited the prosecution's failure to prove the guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The judgment was reserved on August 8 and pronounced on Monday.

The case involved charges under section 302 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) for the alleged killing of Sumi Jan.

The complaint, filed by the deceased's father, had claimed that Sofi, his son-in-law, assaul...