HC Frees Man From Wife’s Murder Charge Due To Lack Of Evidence

Mumbai : Citing lack of evidence, the Bombay High Court has acquitted a 35-year-old man of the charge of killing his wife and ordered his release from jail immediately. Hearing an appeal filed by Babu Bira Maharana, a resident of suburban Chembur, a bench of Justices Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi and P V Hardas, on January 13, quashed and set aside his conviction by the trial court in 2004. Babu was held on March 11, 2002, after he reportedly confessed to police to have killed his wife Laxmi. The court noted that the evidence of a doctor, who had conducted post mortem, showed that on external examination, he did not find any visible injury on the body.