Tag: IPC

Life Imprisonment Sentence Overturned in New Bombay High Court Ruling

-Report by Annette Abraham In a curious turn of events, the Bombay High Court on Friday granted a reduced sentence to the accused in the Sitaram Dada Sarode v. State...

BOMBAY HC DEFINES THE FACTORS TO INVOKE EXCEPTION 4 UNDER SECTION 300 IPC

-Report by Nidhi Jha It was in a recent case of RAMESH LASHA PALVA AND ANR Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, the Bombay High Court held that sharing common intention...

Supreme Court acquits two accused in case of mob violence

-Report by Nandani Soni It was held by the Supreme Court of India that the order passed by the High court convicting the accused must be quashed and the appellants...

Supreme Court quashes the charges due to the absence of prima facie evidence against members of a selection committee

-Report by Ayushi Dixit The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case Munna Prasad Verma v. State of U.P. & Anr. quashed and set aside the criminal proceedings against the appellants...

Punishment less than Life Imprisonment for offence punishable under section 302 IPC would be contrary to section 302: Supreme Court

-Report by Anas Ali In the case of The State of Madhya Pradesh versus Nandu @ Nandua, The Supreme Court ruled that if an accused person is found guilty of...

Dying Declaration must be subject to close scrutiny before being relied upon: The Supreme Court

-Report by Rhea Mistry In Kamal Khudal v. the State of Assam, the supreme court stated that conviction can depend upon a dying declaration after corroborating and checking whether the...

Life Imprisonment of terrorists upheld by the Supreme Court

–Report by Ishika Sehgal The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and life sentences of four people in the case of MOHAMMAD IRFAN VERSUS STATE OF KARNATAKA for conspiring a terrorist...

Himachal Pradesh High court quashes FIR against Zee Media journalist

-Report by Nistha Tiwari In the case of Aman Kumar Bharadwaj v. state of Himachal Pradesh and Ors. the High Court of Himachal Pradesh quashed the criminal case filed against...

Possession of property essential for a case of criminal trespass: Karnataka High Court

-Report by Avinash Pandey The Karnataka High Court observed in Sri Shivaswamy vs The State Of Karnataka the importance of possession of the property to allege trespass. In this case,...

Bombay High Court refuses to grant a Decree of Divorce- Monika Sharma v. Mukesh Bhagal

–Report by Rhea Mistry In the case of Monika Sharma v. Mukesh Bhagal, the court disposed of the appeal for annulment of the marriage of Monika Sharma due to the...