Murder convict acquitted in light of his suffering from ‘Paranoid Schizophrenia’
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of B.R. Gavai and Sarang V. Kotwal, JJ. allowed an appeal filed against the order
Section 302 IPC
Evidence of a related witness cannot be discarded; FIR is not an encyclopedia: SC
Supreme Court: R. Banumathi, J. speaking for herself and Ranjan Gogoi, J. dismissed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment of the
Ocular evidence is to be disbelieved where the medical evidence rules out possibility of it being true
Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Rajendra Kumar Srivastava and S.K. Gangele, JJ. allowed the appeal and acquitted the
Uncorroborated ‘dying declaration’ may become basis of conviction if it inspires confidence
Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench comprising of H.C. Mishra and B.B. Mangalmurti, JJ., dismissed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment