Can Section 302 IPC be applied in a case of single injury? SC clarifies
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah, JJ has held that there is no hard
Culpable homicide
Bom HC | Aggrieved persons may directly approach Court on being discriminated or absence of proper treatment for COVID-19
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of T.V. Nalawade and M.G. Sewlikar, JJ., directed that the persons who are aggrieved with regard to
Celebratory firing of guns licensed for self protection needs to stop: SC
Supreme Court: In a case where 2 persons died after being shot during a celebratory firing in a wedding ceremony, a furious
Bom HC | Act of pouring kerosene on the person of deceased and setting her on fire amounts to culpable homicide amounting to murder
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.M. Gavhane and T.V. Nalawade, JJ., while partially allowing the appeal, held that, “…with regard to
Chh HC | FIR registered by victim is admissible as dying declaration if the victim dies before examination in Court
Chhattisgarh High Court: Prashant Kumar Mishra, J. disposed of a criminal appeal where he altered the conviction of the appellant from the one
Del HC | Handing over of iron rod to assailant when asked for, to teach lesson to the injured, held sufficient to prove common intention developed on spur of the moment
Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had rejected petitioner’s application
MP HC | Participation of co-accused must be proved beyond doubt, for conviction under S. 147 IPC
Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.C. Sharma, J. allowed a criminal appeal, filed against the order of conviction under Ss. 304, 323 and
Gau HC | Convict’s intoxicated condition and subsequent conduct renders conviction for murder modified for culpable homicide
Gauhati High Court: A Bench of Achintya Malla Bujor Barua and Mir Alfaz Ali, JJ., modified a conviction for murder to that of
Gau | Conviction for culpable homicide not amounting to murder reversed due to lack of legal evidence
Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phukan, J., allowed a criminal appeal and acquitted the appellants who were convicted under Section 304 Part-II IPC
Bom HC | Convict found to be “legally insane” detained as per — S. 335 CrPC for appropriate medical treatment
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.S. Shinde and R.G. Avachat, JJ., pronounced an order while extending the provisions of Section
Conviction under Section 307 altered to Section 308 IPC in absence of intention to cause murder
Chhattisgarh High Court: In an appeal filed against the conviction of the appellants by the trial court under Section 307 IPC, a
Woman sets husband ablaze in anger: Bombay HC convicts her under Section 300 IPC
Bombay High Court: Before the Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court, a woman convicted by trial court for murdering her husband by setting
Decision with respect to legalization of euthanasia lies with the South African Parliament rather than the Judges
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa: While deciding the present case wherein the legality of an order by the High Court