Mumbai Sessions Court Acquits Man In Son's Murder Case, Cites Investigation Lapses And Lack Of Evidence

Mumbai, August 6, 2026: A Mumbai Sessions Court has acquitted a 44-year-old Santacruz resident who was accused of allegedly murdering his biological son after the prosecution failed to prove the murder charges against him.

In its 15-page judgment, the court held that the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt and that the investigation suffered from serious lapses.

Additional Sessions Judge V.B. Bohra acquitted Dinesh Ramkumar Gupta, who was facing trial under Sections 302 (murder) and 504 (intentional insult) of the Indian Penal Code in connection with the March 24, 2024, death of his son, Alok Gupta.

The case was handled by the NGO, Dard Se Humdard Tak, and Advocate Shriram Chindarkar appeared on behalf of the NGO for the accused.

Prosecution Witnesses Turn Hostile

According to the prosecution, Gupta had allegedly stabbed his son in the abdomen with a knife following a quarrel at their Vakola residence, causing injuries that proved fatal before the victim could reach the hospital.

However, during the trial, the prosecution’s star witness—the complainant and daughter of the accused, Priti Gupta—did not support the case. She told the court that she and her father had returned home together to find that her brother, Alok, was already lying injured on the floor and that the police had later obtained her signatures on the complaint and FIR under pressure. She denied the contents of both documents.

The court also found that the two purported independent witnesses merely heard sounds of a quarrel and neither had actually witnessed the incident. Their testimonies were inconsistent and failed to connect the accused to the crime. The accused’s wife and the deceased’s mother also did not support the prosecution, stating that the accused had been falsely implicated.

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Court Finds Investigation Deficient

Criticising the investigation, the court noted that police failed to produce evidence that the accused was intoxicated at the time of the incident despite alleging so, did not examine crucial witnesses present at the spot, and failed to collect fingerprint evidence from the knife.

The court further observed that the knife was recovered from the scene and not from the accused, while the forensic reports remained inconclusive.

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