Supreme Court of India
Gandadhipa Sahu v. State of Odisha
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What the Court ordered
The evidence led, both the oral testimony and the documents, fall short of establishment of the crime under Section 498-A which compels us to acquit the appellant herein. The appeal stands allowed reversing the impugned judgments of both the trial court and the High Court and acquitting the appellant/accused. The accused shall be released forthwith if not released on orders passed by us on the last date of hearing, subject to his continued incarceration not being required in any other case.
Judgment, 12
In brief
The appellant's wife died by suicide, consuming pesticide in the presence of a neighbour (PW9), the medical evidence of PW11 confirming poisoning. The husband and in-laws were charged with continuous torture and harassment on demands of dowry. The trial court acquitted them under Section 304-B IPC, holding no demand of dowry was established and that the letter said to contain the father-in-law's demand was unproved, yet convicted them under Section 498-A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act on the testimony of the deceased's brother and cousins (PW2-PW5) and two undated letters (Exts.…
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