SURINDER KAUR vs STATE OF HARYANA — Crl.A. No. 834/1997

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and acquitted appellants Surinder Kaur and Rajwinder Kaur (sisters-in-law, aged 16 and 18 at the time) of charges under Section 304B IPC for abetting the suicide of Baljit Kaur. The Court found the prosecution's allegations against them were vague and omnibus, lacking specific instances of harassment, and that any alleged harassment occurred 2.5 years before the death—too remote to establish causation. The Court noted the High Court had acquitted their mother on identical evidence, making differential treatment unjustifiable. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.