498A Acquittal | “No Specific Incidents, No Proven Dowry Demand, No Reliable Letters”: Supreme Court Acquits Husband And Questions Earlier Conviction In Wife’s Suicide Case
Is wife’s suicide enough to prove cruelty by husband and in-laws? Supreme Court holds that criminal conviction requires clear evidence, not assumptions or emotional allegations, acquits husband in 498A case over lack of specific proof. NEW DELHI: In an important judgment dated May 16 2026, the Supreme Court of India acquitted a husband who was…