Twelve years after a man was sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly burning his wife to death in Tamil Nadu, the apex court has acquitted him. The court noted inconsistencies in the dying declarations of the deceased and the absence of substantial evidence against the accused. The bench emphasized the need for corroborative evidence when dying declarations are contradictory.
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