Court acquits Maharashtra housing society in 2020 tree-felling case

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A housing society and its secretary were acquitted of illegal tree-felling charges due to insufficient evidence and procedural errors by the prosecution. The court found that key witnesses did not visit the site and the prosecution failed to prove the trees were within the society's jurisdiction. The case, pending since 2020, involved allegations of felling protected trees without proper authorization under environmental laws.


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