Supreme Court of India
Parubai v. The State of Maharashtra
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We are of the opinion that the appellant is entitled to be acquitted as the benefit of doubt weighs in her favour.
Judgment, page 16
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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 436 – Murder – Fire incident at mid-night wherein house of appellant and her family engulf ed in flames – Appellant-second wife came out of the house unscathed, whereas the first wife and her two children caught by flames and two of them died later – Conviction and sentence of th e appellant u/ss. 302 and 436 by the courts below, though her h usband and her mother-in-law acquitted by the trial court – On appeal, held: Links in the chain of circumstances is necessary to b e established for conviction on the basis of circumstantial evide nce – Mere suspicion would
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