https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287441 An acquittal was held unsustainable where the appellate court ignored credible evidence of cruelty and persistent demands for money, and wrongly discarded witness testimony on minor variations in the amount demanded. The medical evidence, including a fractured hyoid bone and the absence of carbon particles in the trachea and bronchus, supported death by asphyxia due to throttling before burning. The court found that the evidence had been selectively read and material parts of the doctor's opinion were overlooked, including the mistaken assumption that a ligature mark was necessary to prove strangulation. The Trial Court conviction was restored and the remaining sentence directed to be undergone. en-us Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:12:07 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287441 An acquittal was held unsustainable where the appellate court ignored credible evidence of cruelty and persistent demands for money, and wrongly discarded witness testimony on minor variations in the amount demanded. The medical evidence, including a fractured hyoid bone and the absence of carbon particles in the trachea and bronchus, supported death by asphyxia due to throttling before burning. The court found that the evidence had been selectively read and material parts of the doctor's opinion were overlooked, including the mistaken assumption that a ligature mark was necessary to prove strangulation. The Trial Court conviction was restored and the remaining sentence directed to be undergone. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287441