In Brief
Ravinder Kumar was convicted of murdering his wife Meena, whose body was found with a slit throat in their home in May 2004, along with their young son. The trial and High Court convicted him primarily on circumstantial evidence including bloodstained clothes recovered from the parental home and a calendar bearing his contact details. The Supreme Court set aside the murder conviction, holding that the prosecution failed to establish an unbroken chain of circumstantial evidence beyond reasonable doubt. The critical distinction between 'may have committed' and 'must have committed' was not met. However, convictions for culpable homicide and cruelty were maintained. The appellant was released after spending over 15 years in prison.
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