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High Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Insufficient Circumstantial Evidence and Unproven Extra Judicial Confession. Conviction Under Sections 302 and 201 IPC Set Aside

The High Court allowed the criminal appeal filed by Appellant challenging his conviction for murder under Section 302 IPC and destruction of evidence ...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Incomplete Chain of Circumstantial Evidence -- Last Seen Theory Alone Insufficient for Conviction Under Indian Penal Code, 1860

The Supreme Court allowed the criminal appeal filed by M Anoj @ Munna against his conviction under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860...

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Supreme Court Reduces Sentence for Appellant Convicted Under Section 304 Part-II IPC in Culpable Homicide Case -- Youth and Provocation Factors Lead to Sentence Modification While Conviction Upheld

The Supreme Court partially allowed the criminal appeal filed by Kotresh @ Kotrappa against the State of Karnataka and another respondent -- The appel...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside Segregation of MLA's Trial in Communal Violence Cases - Appellant Appeal Allowed for Joint Trial with Co-Accused Under IPC Sections

The Supreme Court allowed criminal appeals filed by Mamman Khan, a sitting MLA from Haryana, challenging the segregation of his trial from co-accused ...

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Supreme Court Modified Conviction from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 Part I IPC Due to Lack of Premeditation. Sudden Fight Over Agricultural Land Dispute—No Premeditation—Conviction Altered to Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder

A sudden fight without premeditation, even if leading to death, does not constitute murder under Section 302 IPC but falls under Section 304 IPC. Test...

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Appeal against the reduction of conviction from Section 302 to Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s decision considering the medical evidence, lapse of time, and the age of the accused.

Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Section 302 – Section 304 Part II – Reduction of conviction – Causation and medical evidence –...

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Conviction under Sections 302/149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) set aside — Benefit of doubt granted — Prosecution failed to establish the accused’s involvement beyond reasonable doubt.

Sole testimony of an interested witness without independent corroboration cannot form the basis for conviction (Para 18) Failure to seize crucial evi...

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Supreme Court Reinstates Conviction in Wife’s Murder Case, Overturns High Court’s Acquittal. Tagline Child Witness’s Testimony Deemed Reliable; Circumstantial Evidence and Accused’s Silence Under Section 106 of Evidence Act Seal Conviction

Child Witness : Competency, Tutoring, Corroboration-The Supreme Court held that the testimony of a child witness is admissible if the child is c...

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"Acquittal in Common Intention: Nagpur Bench Revisits Section 34 IPC in Murder Case" "Clarifying liability under Section 34 IPC while affirming individual accountability under Section 302 IPC."

Case Background The appellants, family members (Jayanand, Niranjan, Ashabai, and Kiran Dhabale), were convicted under Section 302 r/w 34 IPC and Sect...

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Court Questions Conviction in Circumstantial Evidence Case: A Reassessment of Evidence and Legal Standards. Judgment Highlights the Importance of a Complete Chain of Circumstantial Evidence and Proper Disclosure Under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act

The court re-examined the conviction of two appellants under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, questioning the validity of th...