MUMBAI, Nov. 9 -- The Bombay High Court recently held that a husband cannot be convicted of charges of cruelty merely based on statements from the wife's parents that she was "unhappy and often used to weep a lot". The court was hearing a case where a woman died by suicide in November 1997, and her parents filed a complaint against her husband and mother-in-law for allegedly harassing her and driving her to suicide. The single judge bench of justice MM Sathaye on Tuesday noted that apart from the case of the woman being unhappy and crying during interactions with her parents , there is no other specific incidence of physical or mental cruelty stated by any of the witnesses. "Mere statements that the deceased daughter used to be unhappy and used to weep is not sufficient to conclude beyond reasonable doubt that there was harassment or conduct of such nature and degree that it will drive a woman to commit suicide", the bench said. According to the woman's parents, after the couple's marriage in May 1997, her husband and mother-in-law treated her cruelly, driving her to jump into a river near Bopodi, Pune. Following her death, her parents filed a case against the husband and his mother. During the cross-examination, representatives of the husband said that the woman was merely unhappy with the marriage since it had been organised against her wishes. They also added that she had fallen into the river by mistake and her death was not a case of suicide. However, a Pune trial court in 1998 convicted the husband and sentenced him to three years of jail. He then challenged the order at the high court. The court found nothing that indicated that the husband had instigated his wife to die by suicide or had engaged in any conspiracy to push her mentally or physically to suicide. The HC said the husband deserves the benefit of doubt, and quashed the trial court's order....