Joydeb Patra & Ors vs State Of West Bengal

The Supreme Court overturned the conviction of the appellants under Section 302/34 IPC, holding that the prosecution failed to establish that the death of Madhabi Patra was due to poisoning. The Court noted that the postmortem report and the chemical examination did not detect any poison in the viscera, undermining the basis of the conviction. The Court emphasized that the onus was on the prosecution to prove the cause of death, which it failed to do, leading to the acquittal of the appellants.