In Brief
Kantilal, the father-in-law of a woman who died by suicide, was convicted under dowry harassment and assault laws based on the deceased's father's hearsay testimony that the appellant had beaten his daughter twice. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and acquitted Kantilal, holding that the sole testimony of the deceased's father, claiming he was told this by the mother but lacking the mother's corroboration in court, was insufficient. Without proof of the specific physical assault attributed to him, Kantilal stood equally situated as other co-accused who were acquitted, and therefore was entitled to acquittal.
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