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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Accused in Murder Case Under Section 302 IPC Based on Credible Eyewitness Testimony and Medical Evidence. Attack with Axes Causing Head Injuries Leading to Death After 20 Days Constitutes Murder, Not Culpable Homicide, Under Indian Penal Code, 1860.

The appeal arose from the Chhattisgarh High Court's judgment affirming the conviction and sentence of the appellants for murder under Section 302 IPC....

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Supreme Court Clarifies Legal Insanity Defence Under Section 84 IPC and Burden of Proof Under Section 105 Evidence Act. The court held that insanity must be legal, not medical, to exempt from criminal liability, with the accused bearing the burden of proof on a preponderance of probabilities standard.

The judgment involved an appeal where the appellant raised the plea of insanity under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, seeking reversal of a...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Evidence and Contradictions in Prosecution Version. Conviction Under Sections 148, 302/149 and 324/149 Indian Penal Code, 1860 Set Aside as Dying Declaration Was Unreliable and Witness Testimony Contradictory.

The Supreme Court considered an appeal challenging the conviction and life imprisonment sentence imposed on the appellants for murder under Sections 1...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Limitation Dispute Over Alternative Plot Allotment. Concurrent Findings on Time-Barred Declaratory Suit Upheld Under Article 136 of Constitution, Applying Limitation Act 1963 Provisions to Determine Starting Point of Limitation.

The appeal arose from a civil suit filed by the appellants seeking declaratory reliefs regarding ownership of an alternative residential plot allotted...