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Can a husband be forced to face a full criminal trial even when official government records show he was hundreds of kilometres away on duty when the alleged incident happened? The Supreme Court has answered this while quashing the criminal proceedings against a BSF personnel in a major ruling on alibi, Section 498A IPC and…
The case collapsed as the allegations were vague, witnesses contradicted each other, and no reliable evidence connected the accused with dowry-related cruelty before death. NEW DELHI: Additional Sessions Judge Yadvender Singh of a Delhi court has acquitted a husband, his brother and his mother in a 2016 dowry death case after holding that the prosecution…
The Supreme Court found no proof of dowry demand or cruelty and acquitted the father-in-law, holding the evidence unreliable and insufficient. When the final outcome is acquittal due to lack of proof, who compensates the man for the years lost, reputation damaged, and life disrupted? NEW DELHI: In a judgment dated 30 April 2026, Justice…
The Supreme Court cancelled the husband’s bail in a dowry death case, citing ignored evidence and Section 113B presumption. Do statutory presumptions shift the balance so heavily that the man must prove innocence even before the trial begins? NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India cancelled the bail granted to a husband accused in a…
The Allahabad High Court overturned the conviction, highlighting gaps in the evidence of dowry death case. When evidence was so weak, on what basis was conviction recorded in the first place? PRAYAGRAJ: In a judgment dated 31 March 2026, Justice Manish Mathur of the Allahabad High Court acquitted the accused in a dowry death case,…
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