A Mumbai session's court on Monday acquitted the four men arrested for the 2007 murder of teenager Adnan Patrawala.

A fifth accused was a minor at the time of the murder and was tried separately by the Juvenile Justice Board.


Friend turned foe: Adnan (left) with Ayush Bhat, one of the accused who kidnapped him for a ransom of Rs 2 crore and later killed him

Sujit Nair, Ayush Bhat, Rajeev Dharaiya and Amit Kausha were acquitted of charges of extortion, kidnapping and murder; as the court felt that evidence collected by Mumbai Police was weak.