India, June 21 -- On Saturday, a special CBI court in Mumbai acquitted former Maharashtra Home Minister and ex-NCP MP Padamsinh Patil, along with seven others, in the 2006 double murder case of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver Samad Kazi.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced it will appeal the acquittal in the Bombay High Court. Special Judge Satyanarayan Navandar said the prosecution could not prove the conspiracy. The court mainly rejected the testimony of Parasmal Jain, a key accused who turned approver, calling it doubtful and not enough to connect the accused to the crime.

The murders happened on June 3, 2006. Pawanraje Nimbalkar, a well-known Congress leader from Osmanabad, and his driver, Samad Ka...