STATE vs Vinod Kumar Advocate - Sh. Mandroop Singh — 2392/2023

Case Summary: State v. Vinod Kumar (2392/2023) Court Decision: The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhunjhunu acquitted defendant Vinod Kumar of dowry harassment charges under IPC Section 498A (cruelty by husband/in-laws) on 24.03.2026, finding insufficient evidence. He was previously acquitted under Section 406 (criminal breach of trust) following a settlement between parties. Key Reasoning: All three prosecution witnesses, including the complainant wife Savita herself, contradicted the dowry allegations during examination. The complainant admitted in court that the accused never demanded dowry or harassed her, contradicting her own police complaint. Finding the witnesses hostile/unreliable and lacking substantive evidence beyond doubt, the court granted the accused the benefit of doubt. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.