India, April 2 -- The Gujarat high court has upheld the acquittal of six men charged with killing three British nationals and their Indian driver during the 2002 Gujarat riots, affirming a sessions court's 2015 verdict that said the evidence presented in the case was insufficient for conviction.

A bench of Justices AY Kogje and Samir J Dave ruled that the prosecution failed to establish a legally sound case against the accused charged with killing Saeed Safik Dawood, Sakil Abdul Hai Dawood, Mohammad Aswar, and Yusuf Suleman Peragar in a mob attack on their vehicle on February 28, 2002.

The six accused, who included school teacher Mithabhai and farmer Rameshbhai, faced charges including murder, attempted murder, rioting, arson, and destr...