Definition of Section 22 Evidence The benefit of the doubt was the accusation against the accused that he compelled the complainant to obtain his two nephew's visas for pressure. On the demand of the accused, the complainant gave him Rs. 3,60,000 in the manner that Rs. 60,000 was paid in cash, while transferring the name of the accused against the remaining amount of Rs. was done. Was it that the nephew of the complainant was sent to Dubai where the accused's relatives welcomed him and he remained in Dubai for a year, but the accused's relatives detained him in the meantime and eventually both of them were employed. He was later deported. One month detention complainant in Dubai jail did not submit a copy of the change or any income record by the complainant for transfer of one acre of land for transfer of Rs. The names of the alleged relatives of the accused were not mentioned, under which the complainant's nephew was imprisoned in Dubai, neither the month, date, time nor place nor the year related to payment of the alleged money. There was a contradiction in the statements of the Aid Prosecution witnesses mentioned, so that the contradictions could not be neglected given that it was a minor matter. If the prosecution fails to prove its case, then the accused's version will be fully accepted. Accepting the accused's statement to prove his case beyond doubt and taking advantage of the doubt, he was acquitted of the charge and released.
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