Srinagar, April 10 -- Srinagar- A court in Anantnag has acquitted five accused persons in a case arising from a 2011 stone-pelting incident at Batakoot in Pahalgam, holding that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.

The judgment was delivered on April 4, 2026, by Additional Sessions Judge Masarat Roohi in the case titled State of JK through SHO Police Station Pahalgam vs Abdul Rehman Bhat and others, arising out of FIR No. 43/2011 registered under Sections 148, 149, 152, 341, 332, 353 and 336 of the Ranbir Penal Code.

The prosecution was represented by the Assistant Public Prosecutor for the Union Territory. Accused Abdul Rehman Bhat was represented by Advocate Arjumand Reshi, while the other accused-Mus...