India, Aug. 26 -- The institution of marriage is quite paradoxical and if the issues between spouses are not resolved quickly, the better half becomes a bitter half, the Delhi High Court has observed.

The High Court said one of the most beautiful relationships of humans, that of a husband and wife, becomes one of the most terrible when things go wrong in a matrimonial alliance.

Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav made the observations while allowing a man's appeal against a trial court's judgment sentencing him to three years of imprisonment for trying to kill his wife by pouring Baygon spray in her mouth.

The High Court acquitted Nafe Singh in the case, saying the prosecution's case lacked cogent evidence about the intention and knowledge as co...