Failure To Explain Wife's Death In Home Completes Chain Of Guilt: Allahabad High Court Affirms Murder Conviction Of Husband, In-Laws

Sparsh Upadhyay

8 July 2026 1:55 PM IST

  • Failure To Explain Wifes Death In Home Completes Chain Of Guilt: Allahabad High Court Affirms Murder Conviction Of Husband, In-Laws

    The Allahabad High Court recently observed that if a woman dies an unnatural death within the four walls of her matrimonial home and a strong chain of circumstantial evidence points to the guilt of the accused, the burden lies upon the inmates of the house to explain the circumstances of her unnatural death under Section 106 Evidence Act. A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice...

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