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
acquittal
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.
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
Gau HC | S. 372 CrPC: Appeal against order of Assistant Sessions Judge lies in the Court of Sessions Judge, whether the impugned order pertains to conviction or not
Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phukan, J. dismissed an application seeking leave to appeal against an Assistant Sessions Judge’s order of acquittal,
HP HC | Failure to prove guilt beyond shadow of reasonable doubt, reason for acquittal from charges under Ss. 498-A and 306
Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. allowed a petition while setting aside the Judgment of conviction passed
SC acquits man in an 18-year-old rape case
Supreme Court: The bench of Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ acquitted a man convicted for the offence of rape and
SC acquits 6 falsely implicated death row convicts in a 16 year old crime; orders reinvestigation
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. AK Sikri, SA Nazeer and MR Shah, JJ has acquitted 6 death row convicts and
Applicability of ‘Mohan Lal’ verdict ordering acquittal in case of informant and IO being the same person, revisited
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Navin Sinha and KM Joseph, JJ has clarified that all pending criminal prosecutions, trials and appeals prior to the law laid down in Mohan Lal vs. State of Punjab, (2018)
SC upholds acquittal of accused for rioting and murder due to “multiple investigative laches and flaws”
Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of N.V. Ramana and M.M. Shantanagoudar, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by the State of U.P. against
Compliance of Section 50 NDPS Act mandatory; plea that accused waived off right by consenting to search by raiding party not sustainable: Del HC
Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of C. Hari Shankar, J. allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment of the
‘One cannot suffer for fault of advocate’; order of Magistrate quashing the complaint set aside
Calcutta High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Md. Mumtaz Khan, J. allowed a revision petition against the order of the
Finding of acquittal is not to be disturbed if there are two views possible arising out of the same facts
Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of M.M. Shantanagoudar, J., delivering a judgment for himself and L. Nageswara Rao, J., disposed of a
Accused charged under Section 138 NI Act, 1881, acquitted in light of “no evidence”
Madras High Court: In a Single Judge Bench decision comprising of P. Kalaiyarasan, J., accused was acquitted of the charges under Section
Acquittal upheld as prosecution failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt
Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J., decided a criminal appeal filed by the State
Rape accused acquitted opining that it may be a case of consensual sex
Chhattisgarh High Court: The order of trial court acquitting the accused of rape charges was upheld in an appeal by the State before
Accused acquitted due to lack of clarity in evidence
Chhattisgarh High Court: The order of acquittal of accused persons passed by the trial court was upheld in an appeal by a
Accused acquitted in light of uncorroborated testimony of the prosecutrix
Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Chander Bhusan Barowalia, JJ., dismissed a criminal appeal filed
Murder accused acquitted due to ‘benefit of doubt’ quashing lower court’s order
Gujarat High Court: The present appeal was decided by the Bench of Akhil Kureshi and A.Y. Kogje, JJ., filed by the accused
Sessions Court does not have any jurisdiction to entertain a victim’s appeal under S. 372 CrPC when acquittal is recorded in a complaint case
High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan: The appellate court had allowed the appeal of the respondent-complainant under Sections 372 and 378 CrPC
Vague or inadequate expert opinion might result in acquittal of the accused
Supreme Court: Stating the importance of medical evidence, especially in a murder trial, the Bench of P.C. Ghose and R.F. Nariman, JJ