{
  "id": 17461907,
  "title": "Bombay HC Acquits Man Serving Life Sentence In 2012 Kandivali Child Kidnapping And Murder Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/bombay-hc-acquits-man-serving-life-sentence-in-2012-kandivali-child",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T19:35:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bombay-hc-acquits-man-serving-life-sentence-in-2012-kandivali-child-kidnapping-and-murder-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai, October 31, 2026: The Bombay High Court has acquitted Manishprasad Gaud, who was serving a life sentence for the 2012 Kandivali child kidnapping and murder case. The court ruled that the prosecution had not provided enough evidence to link Gaud to the crime. Observing that \"suspicion, however strong, cannot take the place of proof\", the high court set aside Gaud's conviction and ordered his immediate release from custody. Gaud was initially convicted by a Dindoshi Sessions Court in May 2018 for kidnapping, murder, and destruction of evidence under the Indian Penal Code.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 31, 2026: The Bombay High Court has acquitted a man serving a life sentence for the 2012 kidnapping and murder of a five-year-old boy in Kandivali, holding that the prosecution had failed to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence linking him to the crime. Observing that “suspicion, however strong, cannot take the place of proof”, the court set aside his conviction,…",
  "key_points": [
    "Bombay High Court acquits Manishprasad Gaud",
    "Life sentence for 2012 Kandivali child kidnapping and murder case overturned",
    "Gaud released from custody immediately"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}