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Bombay High Court acquits Rahul Raj Singh in Pratyusha Banerjee death case
A decade after television actress Pratyusha Banerjee's death, the Bombay High Court has acquitted the prime accused in the case. The court's decision hinged on evidence from their final conversation in 2016.
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The Bombay High Court has acquitted Rahul Raj Singh, the primary accused in the death of television actress Pratyusha Banerjee, marking a significant development in a case that has remained in the spotlight for ten years. Singh had been charged in connection with the death of the 'Balika Vadhu' star, whose body was found in her Mumbai apartment in June 2015. The court based its judgment substantially on the nature and content of the final conversation between the two individuals in 2016, determining that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the prosecution's case against the accused. The acquittal brings a conclusion to legal proceedings that have extended across multiple years, during which the case garnered considerable media attention and public interest. The judgment reflects the court's assessment that the evidence presented by the prosecution did not meet the threshold required for conviction under the charges filed against Singh.