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High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Insufficient Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Establish Complete Chain of Circumstances, Particularly with Recovery of Gold Chain Lacking Corroboration.

The appeal arose from a conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, where the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder...

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High Court Dismisses Railway Compensation Appeal Under Railways Act Due to Intoxication Exclusion

The High Court dismissed an appeal against the Railway Claims Tribunal's rejection of compensation for railway injury -- The appellant claimed compens...

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Supreme Court altered Conviction to U/s 304-II of IPC from Under Section 302 IPC for Murdering Two Minor Daughters -- Eyewitness Testimony and Medical Evidence Establish Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt

The Supreme Court partly allowed the criminal appeal filed by Appellants against her conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murderi...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Death Sentence for Cannibalistic Parricide. In a gruesome case of matricide, the High Court affirms the death penalty for a son who brutally murdered his mother, eviscerating her body.

The Bombay High Court, in the case of The State of Maharashtra vs. Sunil Rama Kuchkoravi, upheld the death sentence awarded to the convict, Sunil Kuc...

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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...