The Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of a woman accused of conspiring with her lover to murder her husband, holding that the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of circumstances pointing only to the guilt of the accused. The Court reiterated that where a case rests entirely on circumstantial evidence, every link in the chain must be firmly proved and suspicion, however strong, cannot substitute legal proof.

The Supreme Court exonerated the woman, Monika Kiran Suryawanshi, ruling that suspicion, however grave, cannot replace legal proof | India News

Supreme Court clears woman of husband's murder, ruling call records insufficient for conviction without substantive proof.