Unproved Handwriting Cannot Sustain Conviction for Abetment of Suicide, Supreme Court Acquits Husband: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has acquitted Goverdhan, who was convicted of abetting the suicide of his wife, Smt. Anju, holding that the prosecution failed to establish that he had instigated her to take her own life. A Bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya set aside the conviction under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), ruling that the evidence, including four disputed letters allegedly written by…