MAGHA RAM VS STATE
- Court
- Rajasthan High Court
- Bench
- Jodhpur
- Date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Citation / case number
- CRLAD / 280 / 2019
Summary
Whether the conviction under Sections 498-A and 302 IPC could be sustained when the prosecution failed to establish cruelty for dowry and the complete chain of circumstantial evidence. HELD- Section 106 cannot be invoked to fill gaps in the prosecution case; the initial burden remains on the prosecution. The FSL report was insufficient. Conviction set aside; appellant acquitted. Stay petitions and pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.
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