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'Prosecution Cannot Rely On Witness For One Part Of Case While Ignoring Other': Patna High Court Acquits Murder Accused
The Patna HC has held that the prosecution cannot rely on a witness for one part of its case while ignoring the portions of the same testimony which create reasonable doubt, acquitting the appellants in a murder case where the prosecution evidence contained several inconsistencies concerning the occurrence.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Chandra Shekhar Jha was hearing an appeal against...
Mere Acquittal In Criminal Proceeding U/S 498A IPC Does Not Establish That Cruelty Allegations Were False: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a husband's acquittal in a criminal proceeding under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code does not, by itself, establish that the allegations constituting cruelty against him were false. The Court observed that cruelty must be determined by examining the evidence in the matrimonial proceedings as a whole. [2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 142]A division bench...
Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Journalist Accused Of Impersonating Cop, Planting Drugs To Extort Money
The Karnataka High Court has granted regular bail to a journalist, arrested in an extortion and abduction case, where the accused along with co-accused allegedly impersonated police officers, planted marijuana, and extorted money from the complainant.Justice Venkatesh Naik T took into account several factors, including the recovery of extorted money, severity of punishment and chances of...
Karnataka High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To 'Rowdy-Sheeter' In Attempt To Murder Case, Finds No Prima Facie Ground To Believe Guilt
The Karnataka High Court granted anticipatory bail to a "rowdy-sheeter" accused of several offences including attempt to murder, observing that prima facie there were no reasonable and sufficient grounds at this stage to believe that the petitioner was guilty of the alleged offences.Justice Venkatesh Naik T was hearing a criminal petition filed by Praful Balakrishna Patil who was accused...
Fabricating Sale Agreements, Selling Disputed Property In Breach Of Undertaking Amounts To Perjury, Fraudulent Concealment: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that fabricating sale agreements to defeat contractual rights and transferring disputed property in breach of a court undertaking can attract prosecution under Sections 193 and 206 IPC. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 254]Section 193 IPC provides for punishment for giving or fabricating false evidence. Section 191 is the provision pertaining to giving false evidence...
Criticising Supreme Court's Judgment As 'Denial Of Justice' Not Offence : Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Under S.153A, 295A IPC
Clarifying the ambit of right to dissent, the Karnataka High Court has recently quashed an FIR registered against 13 persons for allegedly painting slogans on a public wall that criticized a Supreme Court judgment. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 425]The single judge bench of Justice H.P Sandesh held that merely expressing dissatisfaction with a verdict does not amount to sedition or...
'Entrustment Basic Ingredient Of Criminal Breach Of Trust' : Supreme Court Restores Acquittal of Telephone Department Cashier
The Supreme Court has restored the acquittal of a Cashier-cum-Counter Clerk of the Telephone Department in a case under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC, now Section 316(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023/BNS), holding that the prosecution has failed to prove entrustment of property, misappropriation or dishonest intention. It also observed that the High Court had erred...
Can Transgender Woman Invoke S. 69 BNS In False Promise Of Marriage Case? Allahabad High Court Answers
The Allahabad High Court has held that a transgender woman, even after undergoing sex-reassignment surgery, would not fall within the statutory definition of 'woman' under Section 69 BNS (Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc.)Section 69 BNS prescribes punishment for sexual intercourse with a woman by employing deceitful means or making a promise to marry without any intention...
Mere Beating Five Days Before Suicide, Without Intent To Instigate Does Not Prove Abetment: Chhattisgarh High Court Acquits Accused
The Chhattisgarh High Court has acquitted four accused convicted under Sections 306/34 of the Indian Penal Code, holding that the beating of a woman five days before her suicide, without evidence of an intention to instigate her to take her life, does not establish abetment of suicide. The Court observed that a conviction under Section 306 IPC requires clear, conscious and deliberate intention...
Mere Participation In A Protest Can't Be Equated With Participation In Every Connected Offence: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed an FIR registered against two men for allegedly blocking a highway during a protest following a fatal accident, holding that mere participation in a gathering, which was prompted by a genuine grievance, cannot automatically be equated with participation in every offence alleged in connection with it. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 422]The single judge bench...
Karnataka High Court Quashes FIRs Against Amit Malviya, Arnab Goswami Over Congress Party's Turkey Office Claim
The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed the FIRs registered against former BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami over an alleged false claim made in a television programme that Turkey's Istanbul Congress Centre is the international office of the Indian National Congress.A Single Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna allowed the criminal petitions filed...