<span style="color: #222222;">Twelve people have been acquitted due to lack of evidence in connection with the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case.<br />'' <br />''Muzaffarnagar Additional District Sessions Judge Sanjiv Kumar Tiwari acquitted them yesterday under sections 395 (dacoity) and 436 (arson) of the IPC  in the riots case.<br />'' <br />'' According to prosecution, an SIT had filed charge sheet against 13 people under sections 395 and 436 of the IPC. One person died during the pendency of the case.<br />'' <br />'' During the hearing, three witnesses, including complainant Mohammed Suleman, turned hostile and did not support the prosecution. <br />'' <br />''It was alleged that a mob set houses on fire and looted property during riots at Iisadh village in the district on September 7, 2013.</span>