A Thane court has acquitted five persons, including a bar manager and three other employees, in a 2013 case of attempt to murder and culpable homicide, saying the prosecution failed to prove the charges against them. District and Additional Sessions Judge P P Jadhav passed the order on February 10 and a copy of it was made available on February 17.

Additional Public Prosecutor Vivek Kadu told the court that a car driven by one of the accused (who was not a bar employee) ran over a man on the night of September 25, 2013 outside a bar in Azad Nagar area of Maharashtra's Thane city. The victim received serious injuries and died while undergoing treatment at a hospital.