Thane: The sessions court has acquitted all five accused, including four women, in an alleged kidnapping-extortion case, observing that the prosecution failed to prove any of the charges levelled against them.In his judgment of Jan 30, a copy of which was made available on Thursday, additional sessions judge G T Pawar held that the evidence on record was insufficient to establish the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt. Pinky Mahendra Mahalle, Darshana Nagesh Gaikwad, Deepa Rohit Prajapati and Osama Zaid Fakki, were accused of kidnapping a man and his friend on May 21, 2024. They allegedly threatened to frame the two in a rape case and allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh from the complainant and his friend and let the two go after they paid Rs 5,000.
The judge said the complainant and the sole eyewitness failed to identify any of the accused during the trial, claiming that their faces were covered. The court further said that accused Mahalle could not be identified in court. None of the witnesses deposed that the accused present before the court had kidnapped the two and extorted money from them. “The prosecution has failed to prove that the accused have committed the charged offences,” said court.
