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Pat HC | Salary not to be granted for period when rejoining of services was offered by a convicted employee when he was out on bail but was not acquitted

Patna High Court: Madhuresh Prasad, J. disposed of the writ petition on the ground that the petitioner was not incarcerated when joining

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P&H HC | Sentencing system must be based on a delicate balance of the aggravating and mitigating factors and the circumstances in which crime is committed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh Sindhu, JJ., disposed of the appeal of a

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Bom HC | Conviction of Japanese national under NDPS Act reversed where contents of charge not explained in a language understood by him

Bombay High Court: Prithviraj K. Chavan, J. allowed an appeal filed by the appellant against the order of the Special Judge (NDPS) whereby

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Pat HC | Allegations made held were omnibus as the petitioners didn’t stand to gain from any dowry received by their brother

Patna High Court: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. disposed of the petition after making minor changes to the sentence on the grounds of the

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Chh HC | Report of Fingerprints Expert held not sufficient to prove guilt of accused where taking of finger prints doesn’t satisfy procedural sanctity

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and Gautam Chourdiya, JJ. allowed a criminal appeal and quashed the order of

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All HC | Conviction for child labour reversed as age of alleged child labourers could not be proved as required by Child Labour Rules

Allahabad High Court: Rajeev Misra, J. while allowing the criminal revision set aside the conviction and sentence awarded to the revisionist passed

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Canada SC | Evidence obtained against a person in violation of his rights under Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms must be excluded from consideration

Supreme Court of Canada: Richard Wagner, CJ. and Michael Moldaver, Andromache Karakatsanis, Russel Brown and Sheilah Martin, JJ. allowed an appeal of

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Del HC | Necessary to prove ingredients of murder short of death in prosecution for attempt to murder under S. 307 IPC; conviction modified to S. 324 for failure thereof

Delhi High Court: A.K. Chawla, J. disposed of a criminal appeal by modifying the conviction of the appellant under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of

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Jhar HC | S. 2 of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 not a penal provision – conviction thereunder not sustainable in law

Jharkhand High Court: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. disposed of a revision petition, filed against the judgment of the trial court, whereby the

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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

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MP HC | ‘Imposition of fine in criminal case as a punishment is also conviction’; service of petitioner terminated for suppressing information

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vishal Mishra, J. dismissed a writ petition, where the petitioner challenged the order passed against the petitioner whereby

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Haren Pandya Murder: SC convicts 12 people for killing former Gujarat Home Minister in 2003

Supreme Court: The Court has convicted 12 persons for killing former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003. A bench headed by

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P&H HC | S. 148 of NI Act, 1881 being procedural in nature has retrospective effect; payment of 25% of award amount upheld

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat, J. upheld the decision of the lower court on the set principle of law which

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Bom HC | Unsatisfactory explanation for delay in recording of statements of witnesses under S. 161 CrPC proves fatal to prosecution case, conviction reversed

Bombay High Court: P.N. Deshmukh and Pushpa V. Ganediwala, JJ. allowed an appeal filed against the order of the Sessions Judge whereby the

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Pak SC | Dying Declaration: Exception to direct rule of evidence – requires demonstration of no extraneous prompting by anyone to declarant

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

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SA HC | Discernment of a trial court not to be altered unless justified

South Africa High Court, Free State Division, Bloemfontein: A Division Bench of Mathebula and Chesiwe, JJ. dismissed the present appeal against convictions

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Tri HC | Doctrine of Proportionate Punishment | Sentence under POCSO reduced in absence of specific evidence that accused touched private parts of prosecutrix

Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J. reduced the sentence of 5 years rigorous imprisonment awarded to the appellant by the trial Judge to

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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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MP HC | No criminal record and only bread winner of the family: Justified ground for reduction of the punishment 

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Virender Singh, J. allowed the petition for reduction of the sentence on the ground that petitioner was the

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Del HC | Incarcerated person does not have advantages that of a free man — Courts to take liberal approach while computing limitation in filing of appeals

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a petition filed against the order of the Appellate Court whereby petitioner’s appeal, against his conviction