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Supreme Court Quashes Charges Under SC/ST Act for Lack of Caste-Based Insult and Public View Requirement. Allegations of Land Dispute Do Not Attract Section 3(1)(r) of SC/ST Act as Insult Not on Account of Caste and Incident Occurred Inside Building Not in Public View.

20 Jul 2020

The appellant, Hitesh Verma, challenged the order of the High Court of Uttarakhand dismissing his petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal P...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Criminal Appeal in Life Imprisonment Case After Premature Release Under Article 161. The appeal became infructuous as the appellant was released under the Governor's constitutional pardon power, which overrides statutory minimum sentence requirements under Section 433-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

17 Jul 2020

The dispute involved a criminal appeal by an appellant convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to life...

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Supreme Court Restores Minimum Sentence Under SC/ST Act: High Court Cannot Reduce Sentence Below Statutory Minimum. The Court held that the High Court erred in reducing the sentence of six months rigorous imprisonment to the period already undergone, as Section 3(1)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 prescribes a minimum sentence of six months.

8 Feb 2019

The State of Madhya Pradesh appealed against the High Court's order reducing the sentence of the respondent, Vikram Das, convicted under Section 3(1)(...

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Supreme Court Reduces Sentence of Convicted Patwari in Corruption Case Due to Old Age, Long Pendency, and Health Issues. The Court invoked the proviso to Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 to reduce the sentence below the statutory minimum of one year, citing eight special reasons including the appellant's age of 78 years, heart ailment, and 34-year pendency of the case.

5 Feb 2019

The appellant, Ambi Ram, was a Kanoongo/Patwari at Didihat, Uttarakhand. He was prosecuted for offences under Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corrup...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Mobile Snatching Case Due to Doubtful Identification and Lack of Test Identification Parade. The Court held that identification of the accused for the first time in court after a long delay, without a prior Test Identification Parade, is highly doubtful and entitles the accused to the benefit of doubt under Section 379-A IPC (Haryana State Amendment).

25 Jan 2019

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of Suraj Pal against the State of Haryana, setting aside his conviction under Section 379-A IPC for mobile snatch...

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