Palghar : A court in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has acquitted two persons in an alleged attempted dacoity case registered over 25 years ago, citing lack of evidence.

A copy of the acquittal order, dated October 15 and passed by Additional Sessions Judge H A S Mulla, was made available on Tuesday.

According to court papers, a patrol team from Manikpur police station in the Vasai area intercepted a tempo in April 2000 after receiving inputs about five to six persons planning to commit dacoity.

The team nabbed one occupant, identified as Sunil, alias Kanhyaa Sakharam Agrawal, while the others in the vehicle managed to escape. Police recovered a knife, cash and other tools from the tempo, the prosecution told the court.

A chargesheet was subsequently filed against Agrawal, Nadasingh

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