In Brief
A woman was convicted of murdering her husband with her father and nephew by strangulation, based on an extra-judicial confession to his sister and recovery of a moped and nylon saree. The Supreme Court acquitted her, holding that the extra-judicial confession was made under suspicious circumstances to a hostile witness, lacked independent corroboration, and the recovered items were not proven to be connected to the crime. The autopsy could not establish cause of death. The chain of circumstantial evidence was incomplete, and the prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. The appellant was entitled to the benefit of doubt.
The lawyer headnote and full judgment text are available to registered users.