India, Dec. 7 -- The sessions court on Friday acquitted the three surviving accused in the 2011 Chembur jewellery robbery and murder case, concluding a 14-year trial after ruling that the prosecution failed to establish a complete and reliable chain of circumstantial evidence.

The case stems from an attack at the Dharmaraj Jewellers on PL Lokhande Road, Chembur on May 20, 2011. The owner of the shop, jeweller Pankaj Soni was found with fatal neck injuries and declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. The court relied on medical evidence to conclude the death was homicidal, noting that the injuries could not have occurred "unless they were inflicted by someone".

However, sessions judge SS Adkar held that although Soni's death was pr...