Family members of the deceased introduced allegations of dowry demand during the trial that were missing from their earlier police statements, the Supreme Court noted. (Image generated using AI) Supreme Court news: Holding that even though a conviction can be based solely on a dying declaration , courts must still test it against surrounding circumstances and the overall evidentiary record, the Supreme Court acquitted the victim’s father-in-law in a 2001 burn death case, citing serious inconsistencies and lack of reliable proof. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria was hearing three connected criminal appeals arising from a Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict that had acquitted the accused of murder but upheld their conviction under Section 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria stressed that where two interpretations of evidence are possible, the one favouring the accused must prevail.…