https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312989 Circumstantial evidence, supported by a viscera report showing poisoning and letters indicating dowry harassment, was treated as sufficient to sustain the husband's conviction where he was last seen with the deceased and offered no plausible explanation for the death circumstances within his special knowledge; adverse inference under Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act was justified. The mother-in-law's conviction for cruelty under Section 498A was also maintained on the basis of the deceased's letters and other evidence of dowry-related harassment. However, her custodial sentence was reduced to the period already undergone because she had been convicted only for cruelty and had already spent substantial time in custody. en-us Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 16 Mar 2024 19:41:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312989 Circumstantial evidence, supported by a viscera report showing poisoning and letters indicating dowry harassment, was treated as sufficient to sustain the husband's conviction where he was last seen with the deceased and offered no plausible explanation for the death circumstances within his special knowledge; adverse inference under Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act was justified. The mother-in-law's conviction for cruelty under Section 498A was also maintained on the basis of the deceased's letters and other evidence of dowry-related harassment. However, her custodial sentence was reduced to the period already undergone because she had been convicted only for cruelty and had already spent substantial time in custody. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312989