A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted two men accused of raping a woman in 2021, observing the victim and other witnesses were not traceable and charges against the accused were not proved, reported news agency PTI.

Additional Sessions Judge AS Bhagwat, in his order on January 20, held the prosecution failed to prove the charges against the accused, Vijay Shetty (29) and Mohammad Sarvar Abdulla Shah (39), and they need to be given the benefit of the doubt, reported PTI.