Panchkula, Aug. 18 -- Nearly seven years after a Zirakpur woman alleged that her husband had died due to rash driving and negligence by his friend, a local court has acquitted the accused for want of evidence.

The court also noted that there was an unexplained delay of about five months in lodging the FIR, which further weakened the case. According to the prosecution, Pinki, wife of the deceased, Udaivir, and resident of Haripur, Sector 4, filed a complaint on June 2, 2018, claiming that her husband died due to negligence of his friend Parvinder Singh. According to the complaint, on January 31, 2018, Udaivir had gone to Zirakpur with friends Parvinder and Robid Sharma.

Pinki alleged that her husband left that night after receiving a pho...