Supreme Court of India
Rajbabu & Anr. v. State of M.P.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the benefit of doubt should be granted to appellant No.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Penal Code, .1860 - ss. 306 and 498- - . Prosecution c under - Of husband, mother-in-.Jaw and father-in-law - Sui- cide committed within seven years of marriage - No direct evidence - In dying declaration deceased exculpating all the accused - Trial Court convicting husband and mother-in-law on the basis of a letter written by the deceased on the date of the occurrence and acquitting father-in-Jaw - Order upheld by I High Court - On appeal, held: On account of death of hus- l band, his appeal abated - Conviction of Mother-in-Jaw not jus- ~._.,. tified - She was entitled to benefit of doubt -
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