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VIPUL M. PANCHOLI, HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK
State of Gujarat – Appellant
Versus
Maniben Wife Of Lallubhai Somabhai Patanwadia – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Hemant M. Prachchhak, J.
1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 07.11.1996 passed by the learned Additional Session Judge, Vadodara in Sessions Case No.76 of 1996 whereby the accused – respondents herein came to be acquitted from the charge of the offences punishable under Sections 304(B), 306, 34 etc. the Indian Penal Code (for short “the IPC”), the appellant – State of Gujarat has preferred present criminal appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short “the Code”).
2. Briefly stated, the complainant – Ajitsinh Parshottamdas Thakor registered complaint with Vadodara J. P. Road Police Station, Vadodara inter alia stating that he was doing agricultural work and he was also a social worker. It is alleged that elder daughter of complainant Nitaben was married with accused – Ramesh and she was residing along with her father-in-law and mother-in-law and her sister-in-laws namely Niranjanaben and Sangitaben were also residing along with them. It is alleged that Nitaben came to her parental house an
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The presumption of abetment under Section 113(A) of the Evidence Act requires evidence of cruelty, which was not established in this case, leading to the dismissal of the appeal.
The judgment emphasized the presumption of innocence, the principles for interference with a judgment of acquittal, and the need for trustworthy evidence to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt.
The prosecution must prove charges beyond reasonable doubt; mere allegations of harassment are insufficient for conviction under IPC sections related to abetment of suicide.
The presumption of innocence, the need for clear evidence to prove guilt, and the reluctance to disturb a finding of acquittal unless it is perverse or unsustainable in law.
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