Supreme Court of India
Jiten Besra v. State of West Bengal
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Accordingly, we allow the appeal giving the benefit of doubt to the accused and acquit him of all the charges.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Appellant convicted by Courts below for killing his parents-in-law - On basis of circumstantial evidence viz. i) enmity of appellant with his parents-in-law; ii) blood stains on clothes of appellant and iii) presence of appellant in the village of deceased on the fateful night - Conviction challenged - Held: Circumstances of the case did not point out towards the guilt of appellant, without any other inference being probable - Evidence of PWs suggests that appellant was on visiting terms with his parents in-law, hence, circumstance of enmity cannot be relied upon…
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