A Sessions court has freed a man who was arrested for strangulating his wife two years ago. While the prosecution lawyer stated that the accused, Dnyaneshwar Tukaram Sarode (30), had turned himself in to the Mulund police and had confessed in front of a magistrate court as well, lack of cogent evidence led to his acquittal.

Dnyaneshwar was arrested in November, 2012, for allegedly killing his wife Shilpa, in a fit of anger. The case had been ongoing at the Sessions court for almost a year, with 12 witnesses examined by the prosecutor.