Man acquitted in muder case

Mumbai, Apr 27 (UNI) A local court today acquitted a man of charges of murdering a woman at Dahisar in western suburbs in 2000, on the basis of the dying declaration of the deceased.

Additional Sessions Court Judge P M Jethani said there was no substantial evidence against accused Mohammed Jani Shaikh and that the deceased had, in her dying declaration, stated she had consumed 'rat poison' by mistake, therefore acquitted him of all charges.

In her dying declaration on September 9, 2000 she had that she consumed rat poison instead of the liquid medicine that the given by the doctor to treat her cough and cold, as there was a power cut at that time.

Her family members, had, however, filed a case of murder against her husband.

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