New Delhi, July 18 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday acquitted three persons accused of killing a woman and dismembering her body, reported Bar and Bench, adding all three accused were earlier convicted and awarded the death penalty.

The divisional bench-comprising Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi-observed that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges against the three accused beyond reasonable doubt, according to the report.

The accused were the deceased woman's husband and two others.

"We therefore, set aside the impugned judgment of conviction and the consequential order of sentence. Death sentence awarded to the appellants, cannot, therefore, be sustained even, less to talk of its confirmation. Acco...