acquittal Archives

HP HC | Sole independent witness credible enough to decide a case; Appeal against acquittal dismissed

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J., dismissed an appeal filed to challenge the acquittal of the respondents-accused, for causing simple hurt

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Bom HC explains “abetment by instigation” while acquitting in-laws of offences punishable under Ss. 306 and 498-A IPC

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had acquitted of the

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Ker HC | Acquittal from offence under S. 138 NI Act upheld where cheque not drawn on account maintained by the accused

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. rejected this petition in which the petitioner prayed to file an appeal against the judgment

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Del HC | S. 372 CrPC does not entitle the victim to file an appeal against inadequate sentence restated

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ., held that the appeal filed by the complainant (father of

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Pat HC | An abstract principle of law cannot be applied in vacuum as there has to be foundational facts to which law can be applied

Patna High Court: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. dismissed the petition filed against the order passed in Sessions Trial by which the opposite parties

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Bom HC | Law on double presumption of innocence in favour of accused acquitted by trial court — Reiterated

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., while dismissing the criminal appeal filed by the State against the order of the trial court acquitting

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Del HC | Acquittal of rape accused upheld on finding that the real intent behind criminal proceedings was to force him to marry prosecutrix

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ. dismissed of an appeal filed against the judgment of the

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Pat HC | Lack of evidence to prove injuries sustained by the deceased, Court refuses to convict on mere statements given by witnesses

Patna High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Hemant Kumar Srivastava Prabhat Kumar Singh, JJ. dismissed an appeal on the admission stage

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Bom HC | High Court upheld the decision of trial court in light of no evidence to hold the charge of “cruelty” under S. 498-A IPC

Bombay High Court: Sandeep K. Shinde, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the State against the order of acquittal by the trial

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Del HC | Acquittal of rape accused upheld where minor had misrepresented her age

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ. dismissed a criminal leave petition filed by the State challenging

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Bom HC | Prosecuting of remedy before wrong forum due to incorrect opinion given by Director of Prosecution held covered under S. 470 CrPC, delay in filing appeal condoned

Bombay High Court: Prithviraj K. Chavan, J. allowed an application whereby the State of Goa sought condonation of 156 days’ delay in filing

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Canada SC | Prior sexual conduct of complainant must not be admitted as evidence, as it may affect jury’s ability to assess other evidence correctly

Supreme Court of Canada: A Full Bench of Wagner, CJ. and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown and Rowe, JJ. dismissed an appeal

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Ori HC | Delay in lodging FIR in rape cases cannot be used as a ground against prosecution’s case

Orissa High Court: S.K. Sahoo, J. dismissed a criminal appeal for the acquittal of the appellant under Section 376 of the Penal

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Pak SC | Silence or implausible explanation on part of accused, not a presumption of guilt

Pakistan Supreme Court: A Full Bench of Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, JJ. allowed an

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Jha HC | Special leave to file acquittal appeal cannot be granted where there is no perversity of facts and law

Jharkhand High Court: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. disposed of an interlocutory application filed under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

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P&H HC | Offence under the Penal Code to be read in totality when there is one incident; appeal dismissed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Hari Pal Verma, J. dismissed the appeal application against the judgment passed by the Additional Sessions judge.

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Pak SC | Acquittal in a criminal case, carries a presumption of innocence with it and should be reversed only when finding blatantly perverse

Pakistan Supreme Court: A Full Bench of Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, JJ. allowed the

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Appellant granted the benefit of remission for Dowry Death

Gujarat High Court: R.P. Dholaria, J. whilst partly allowing the appeal reduced the sentence of the appellant. In the present case, the

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Kenya HC | Conviction on basis of circumstantial evidence can be found only if events form close-knit chain without any breakage or interruption

Kenya High Court, Nyahururu: R.P.V. Wendoh, J. passed a judgment directing acquittal of an accused in the absence of sound circumstantial evidence.

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HP HC | When two reasonable conclusions are possible, the Appellate Court should not disturb the acquittal recorded by trial court

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. dismissed a petition finding no merit in the appeal as when two reasonable conclusions are