Tag: Murder

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...

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...

THE PROSECUTION NEEDS TO PROVE THE CASE BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT IN THE CASE OF MURDER: SUPREME COURT

-Report by Riddhi Ray It was held by the Supreme Court of India in the case of MUNUWA @ SATISH ETC. V. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH that If the...

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...

SUPREME COURT AWARDS THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE CASE OF RAPE AND MURDER OF A 7-YEAR-OLD.

-Report by Avinash Pandey The Supreme Court recently upheld the death penalty awarded to a 37-year-old man for the rape and murder of a 7and a half-year-old girl who was...

Murder and Attempt to Murder

This article is written by Pranit Bhagat. He’s currently pursuing his bachelor in laws from ILS, Pune. In this article, he has discussed the terms ‘Murder’ and ‘Attempt to Murder’,...