Supreme Court of India
Indrajit Sureshprasad Bind & Ors. v. State of Gujarat
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What the Court ordered
For the aforesaid reasons, we set aside the impugned judgment of the High Court as well as the judgment of the Trial Court and allow the appeal.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.3048, 498A and 306 - Suicide by married woman -Conviction of appellants (husband and in- laws) - Justification - Held: Not justified - Letter allegedly written by victim to her brother (PW3) was the only evidence produced by the prosecution to prove that the appellants had subjected the victim to harassment and cruelty in connection with demand for dowry - But since there were grave doubts as to the whether the said letter was actually written by the victim or not, conviction of appellants only on the basis of the said letter would be unsafe - Prosecution unable to prove
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