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Relief For Ex-Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni: Karnataka High Court Stays Conviction In 2016 Yogesh Goudar Murder Case, Grants Bail
The Karnataka High Court on Friday (July 31) stayed the conviction of former Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni for the murder of BJP Zilla Panchayat member Yogesh Goudar in 2016, until his appeal challenging the conviction is disposed of.The court also suspended his life sentence and directed he be released subject to certain conditions. Kulkarni had challenged the conviction in an appeal; he had...
POCSO | Putting Vibrating Machine On Victim's Vaginal Opening Amounts To Penetrative Sexual Assault & Rape: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently clarified that putting a vibrating machine on the victim's vaginal opening amounts to 'penetrative sexual assault' punishable under the POCSO Act as well as rape punishable under the Indian Penal Code. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 416]Justice A. Badharudeen referred to Section 3 of the POCSO Act [Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act], which defines...
Patna High Court Quashes FIR Against GATE AIR 45 Holder, Says Student Protest Was In 'Youthful Exuberance'
The Patna High Court has quashed an FIR lodged against an engineering student accused of vandalism and assault during a protest over internal assessment marks, observing that the incident was merely “an act of protest undertaken by a number of students in youthful exuberance” and that continuation of the proceedings would unfairly jeopardise the petitioner's future.A Single Judge Bench...
Promise To Marry Doesn't Ordinarily Vitiate Consent If Both Parties Know Woman Is Already Married: Rajasthan High Court
While setting aside charges framed against a man for offences including repeated rape under Section 376(2)(n) IPC, the Rajasthan High Court held that where both parties are conscious that the prosecutrix's first marriage is subsisting, it would ordinarily be difficult to conclude that she was induced into a physical relationship solely on the promise of marriage.The bench of Justice...
Larger Conspiracy Uncovered During Probe Justifies Registration Of Second FIR: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that merely because the material leading to registration of a subsequent FIR surfaced during the investigation of an earlier FIR, the later FIR does not become impermissible. [2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 308]While dismissing a quashing petition, Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu observed that where subsequent information discloses a distinct incident, a separate...
Factory Safety Violations Covered Under Factories Act Can't Attract Parallel Prosecution Under S.304-A IPC: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that when the allegations against factory officials relate entirely to violation of safety measures governed by the Factories Act, 1948, they cannot simultaneously be prosecuted under Section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code for the same incident. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 164]Allowing a criminal petition filed by the factory Supervisor (A1) and Occupier...
Karnataka High Court Questions Wife's 498A FIR Over Allegation She Was Denied Nutritious Food, Suffered Hair Loss
Observing that not every family grievance can be elevated to the offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday [July 27] questioned whether allegations against husband and in-laws to the effect that they deprived the complainant-wife of nutritious food causing her hair fall, would constitute cruelty under Section 498 A IPC.The single...
AP High Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Murder Convicts, Says 'Rarest Of Rare' Test Not Met If Accused Amenable To Reform
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that capital punishment cannot be imposed unless the case falls within the "rarest of rare" category and the court is satisfied that the possibility of reform and rehabilitation of the accused is unquestionably foreclosed. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 162]Commuting the death sentence awarded to two convicts to rigorous imprisonment for life without remission,...
Father Taking Away His Own Minor Child From Mother's Custody Doesn't Constitute Kidnapping: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has held that a father, being the natural guardian of his minor child, cannot be prosecuted for kidnapping under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code merely for taking away his own son from the custody of his wife. The Court observed that the essential ingredients of the offence are not satisfied where the accused himself is the child's natural guardian.A Single...
Recovery Of Stolen Property Alone Can't Sustain Murder Conviction, Attracts Only Section 411 IPC: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that mere recovery of stolen property from an accused is not enough to convict them for murder, robbery, or lurking house trespass based only on circumstantial evidence. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 161]The Court said the prosecution must prove a complete chain of circumstances that clearly connects the accused to the crime. If it fails to do so, recovery of...
Advocates Must Pay Toll Like Everyone Else, Can't Claim Special Treatment: Madras High Court Quashes Case Over Protest
The Madras High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against lawyers who staged a protest demanding that the Trichy-Chennai highway be made toll-free for advocates, holding that the demonstration was an exercise of their democratic right to protest and did not attract the ingredients of any criminal offence. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 346]The Court, however, stated that a road cannot be made...