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Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition Against Death Sentence in Rape and Murder of Two Children. Conviction Under Sections 302, 376(2)(f),(g) and 201 IPC Upheld as Rarest of Rare Case.

The review petitions were filed by Manoharan, the sole surviving accused, against the judgment of the Supreme Court dated 01.08.2019 which affirmed hi...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in POCSO Case — Summoning Under Section 319 CrPC Set Aside for Lack of Strong Evidence. Identification of Accused Based on Spectacles and Subsequent Improvement in Victim's Statement Held Insufficient to Exercise Discretionary Power Under Section 319 CrPC.

The case involves an appeal against an order of the High Court of Uttarakhand upholding the summoning of the appellant under Section 319 of the Code o...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in TADA Case Due to Non-Compliance of Section 20A(1) — Prior Approval of DSP Mandatory. The Court held that recording of information under TADA without prior approval of the District Superintendent of Police vitiates the entire proceedings, and the defect is not curable.

The appeal arose from an order of the Designated TADA Court dismissing the appellants' application for discharge on the ground of non-compliance with ...

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Rape and Murder of Minor. Conviction Upheld but Death Penalty Not Warranted Due to Lack of Aggravating Circumstances.

The appellant, Ravishankar @ Baba Vishwakarma, was convicted by the Trial Court for kidnapping, raping, and murdering a 13-year-old girl, and for dest...

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Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Brutal Rape and Murder of Two-Year-Old Child. Circumstantial Evidence and Medical Testimony Confirm Guilt Under Sections 302, 363, 376, 377 IPC.

The case involves the brutal kidnapping, rape, unnatural offence, and murder of a two-year-old girl by the appellant, Ravi S/o Ashok Ghumare, in Jalna...

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Child Rape and Murder Case. Judicial Confession and Last Seen Theory Upheld but Death Penalty Not Warranted as 'Rarest of Rare'.

The case involves the ghastly rape and murder of two children aged 10 and 7 years. On 29 October 2010, Mohanakrishnan picked up the children from outs...

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Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against Appellants in Forgery Case for Clerical Error in Vakalatnama. High Court's Direction to Lodge Complaint Set Aside for Lack of Satisfaction Under Section 340 CrPC.

The case arises from a criminal appeal against the judgment of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court dated 14.09.2016, which dismissed the anticipato...

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Supreme Court Allows Partial Re-Trial in Criminal Case for Violation of Section 273 CrPC — Accused Not Present During Examination of 12 Witnesses

The Supreme Court considered appeals against the High Court's order directing a partial re-trial in a murder case where 12 prosecution witnesses were ...