Husband’s Failure to Explain Wife’s Death in Matrimonial Home Draws Adverse Inference Under Section 106 Evidence Act, Conviction Upheld: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India upheld the conviction of a husband accused of murdering his wife by strangulation inside their matrimonial home. The Court ruled that when important facts relating to a crime are especially within the personal knowledge of the accused, the burden shifts upon him under Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 to provide a proper explanation. Bench Hearing the Matter The judgment was delivered by…
