Explained| How to know if a homicide is a ‘murder’ or ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder’?
Supreme Court: The bench of KM Joseph and S. Ravindra Bhat*, JJ has reiterated the factors to be considered while deciding the
section 302
All HC | Court should not be too technical when it feels convinced about trustworthiness of dying declaration, which if inspires confidence, can be acted upon, without any corroboration
Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of B. Amit Sthalekar and Shekhar Kumar Yadav, JJ., held that dying declaration can be acted upon
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
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
Bom HC | Conviction for murder turned into grievous hurt where death occurred after injured shifted to another hospital against medical advice
Bombay High Court: The Bench of A.S. Oka and A.S. Gadkari, JJ. modified the judgment of trial court and altered the appellant’s conviction under
Rape accused acquitted in light of the case falling in arena of ‘suspicion’ and no evidence: Bombay HC
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of B.R. Gavai and Sarang V. Kotwal JJ., addressed a Criminal Appeal by setting aside
False explanation given by the accused may be used to fortify the finding of guilt already recorded
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of B.R. Gavai and Sarang V. Kotwal, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed against the judgment
Exception 4 to Section 302 envisages that accused must not act in a cruel or unusual manner
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Vipin Sanghi and P.S. Teji, JJ. dismissed a criminal appeal filed under Section 374
Soumya Rape and murder case Review: Justice Markandey Katju asked to participate in the proceedings on 11.11.2016
Supreme Court: In the review petition filed in the Soumya Rape and Murder case where the Court had set aside the death
Conviction can be based on the truthful testimonies of the eye witness even if they were related to the deceased
Supreme Court: In the case where 5 appellants, convicted under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC, had approached the Court with