Supreme Court Sets Aside Conviction Under Section 302 IPC
30 Apr 2024The Supreme Court of India overturned the conviction of Appellant, who was previously sentenced to life imprisonment by the Trial Court and the High C...
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Supreme Court Acquits Murder Accused Citing Unreliable Witnesses. Testimonies of key prosecution witnesses declared wholly unreliable; conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside.
16 Apr 2024The Supreme Court of India acquitted an appellant convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of Karambir. The Court f...
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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder and Dacoity Case Due to Insufficient Circumstantial Evidence and Improper Reversal of Acquittal. Conviction was based on incomplete circumstantial evidence chain and inadmissible police confession under Sections 25 and 26 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872, failing to meet the standard of proof required in Sharad Birdhichand Sarda principles.
22 Feb 2024The Supreme Court heard appeals challenging the Gujarat High Court's judgment that reversed the trial court's acquittal of four accused persons for mu...
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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Extra-Judicial Confession and Incomplete Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction Reversed as High Court Erred in Reappreciating Evidence Without Compelling Reasons Under Principles Governing Appeals Against Acquittal.
20 Feb 2024The dispute arose from the death of a 2.5-year-old child in Hubli, Karnataka, on 03.11.2002. The appellant, the younger brother of the child's father ...
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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence and Incomplete Chain of Circumstances. Conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 set aside as witness testimony contained contradictions and evidence did not form complete chain pointing unequivocally to guilt.
5 Jan 2024The case involved an appeal against conviction for murder under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The appellant was tri...
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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Accused in Murder Case Under Section 302 IPC Read with Section 34 IPC. Death Penalty for Accused No. 1 and Life Imprisonment for Accused No. 2 Confirmed Based on Circumstantial Evidence Including Last Seen Theory.
28 Apr 2023The present criminal appeals arose from a common judgment and order dated 13th December 2021 passed by the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court i...
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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Extrajudicial Confession. Conviction based solely on extrajudicial confession cannot be sustained when confession lacks reliability, witnesses show unnatural conduct, and there is no corroborating evidence under Sections 302, 34, and 201 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
14 Mar 2023The Supreme Court heard an appeal against conviction in a murder case where the appellant was prosecuted along with four others for offences under Sec...
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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Insufficient Evidence and Improper Reliance on Extra-Judicial Confession. Conviction under Sections 302/34 and 201/34 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt Based on Weak Extra-Judicial Confession and Uncorroborated Circumstances.
10 Mar 2023The dispute involved an appeal by an accused convicted for murder and related offences. On 01.10.2003, Umesh Chowdhary was allegedly murdered, leading...
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Supreme Court Restores Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Extra-Judicial Confession and Circumstantial Evidence. The High Court's reversal was unjustified as the trial court's acquittal was not perverse, and the evidence failed to meet the stringent standards for circumstantial proof under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
3 Mar 2023The appeal arose from a murder case where the appellant was charged under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The trial court had acquitted th...
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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Insufficient Circumstantial Evidence Under Sections 302/34 and 201 IPC. Conviction Overturned as Prosecution Failed to Establish Complete Chain of Circumstances, Including Motive, Last Seen Theory, and Reliable Extra-Judicial Confession.
28 Feb 2023The Supreme Court heard an appeal against the High Court of Tripura's judgment dated 9th October 2013, which had dismissed the appellant's appeal and ...
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