<p>Jalna: A court in Maharashtra's Jalna district acquitted four persons accused of murdering a 26-year-old lawyer, citing weak investigation by the police and inconsistencies in the medical report.</p>.<p>Principal District and Sessions Court judge Varsha Mohite on Monday acquitted the accused, Manisha Lokhande, Ganesh Aglave, Vikas Mhaske and Subash Patole.</p>.<p>According to the prosecution, the victim, Kiran Lokhande, was killed by his wife, Manisha, and her paramour, Aglave, on August 31, 2022.</p>.<p>The prosecution claimed that the accused gave the victim sleeping pills and then electrocuted him at a house.</p>.Husband of one of deceased women held in Kolkata triple murder case.<p>The duo left the body in the house and moved to a hotel in Pune, and later gave Rs 1 lakh to the other two accused to dispose of the body, they said.</p>.<p>When they were unable to dispose of the body, the accused faked a story the victim had died in a fire caused by a gas leak in the house, the prosecution said.</p>.<p>Manisha, who was married to the victim, met Aglave on social media, and they entered into a relationship.</p>.<p>Manisha later turned approver in the case, informing the court that she had no role in the crime.</p>.<p>The court rejected her statement.</p>.<p>The judge, however, noted serious inconsistencies in the medical evidence, with one report suggesting that the victim died due to burns and the post-mortem examination indicating that he was murdered before being burned.</p>.<p>This contradiction and investigative lapses led the court to conclude that the case was proven beyond a reasonable doubt.</p>.<p>Defence lawyer Javed Shaikh argued that the prosecution failed to establish both the motive and the sequence of events leading up to Kiran Lokhande's death.</p>.<p>He also pointed out that the case was registered six days after the incident.</p>.<p>Government pleader Bharat Khandekar said the order would be challenged in the High Court.</p>
<p>Jalna: A court in Maharashtra's Jalna district acquitted four persons accused of murdering a 26-year-old lawyer, citing weak investigation by the police and inconsistencies in the medical report.</p>.<p>Principal District and Sessions Court judge Varsha Mohite on Monday acquitted the accused, Manisha Lokhande, Ganesh Aglave, Vikas Mhaske and Subash Patole.</p>.<p>According to the prosecution, the victim, Kiran Lokhande, was killed by his wife, Manisha, and her paramour, Aglave, on August 31, 2022.</p>.<p>The prosecution claimed that the accused gave the victim sleeping pills and then electrocuted him at a house.</p>.Husband of one of deceased women held in Kolkata triple murder case.<p>The duo left the body in the house and moved to a hotel in Pune, and later gave Rs 1 lakh to the other two accused to dispose of the body, they said.</p>.<p>When they were unable to dispose of the body, the accused faked a story the victim had died in a fire caused by a gas leak in the house, the prosecution said.</p>.<p>Manisha, who was married to the victim, met Aglave on social media, and they entered into a relationship.</p>.<p>Manisha later turned approver in the case, informing the court that she had no role in the crime.</p>.<p>The court rejected her statement.</p>.<p>The judge, however, noted serious inconsistencies in the medical evidence, with one report suggesting that the victim died due to burns and the post-mortem examination indicating that he was murdered before being burned.</p>.<p>This contradiction and investigative lapses led the court to conclude that the case was proven beyond a reasonable doubt.</p>.<p>Defence lawyer Javed Shaikh argued that the prosecution failed to establish both the motive and the sequence of events leading up to Kiran Lokhande's death.</p>.<p>He also pointed out that the case was registered six days after the incident.</p>.<p>Government pleader Bharat Khandekar said the order would be challenged in the High Court.</p>