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Thanks To Delhi HC, Murder Accused Takes State Civil Service Prelims [Read Judgment]13 May 2019 2:01 PM GMT

A murder accused lodged in Delhi Jail on Sunday was able to attempt the Manipur Civil Service (Combined) Competitive Preliminary Exams 2019 after the Delhi High Court allowed him to travel to Manipur...

Bombay HC Acquits Man Sentenced To Death For Double Murder [Read Judgment]1 May 2019 3:54 AM GMT

The Bombay High Court today acquitted one Ramdas Shinde, who was sentenced to death after being convicted by the Sessions Judge, Nashik under Section 302 of IPC for murder of a 34-year-old woman and...

Patna HC Upheld A Conviction That Wasn't: SC Remands Case For Re-Hearing [Read Judgment]26 Feb 2019 7:14 AM GMT

Merely Because FIR Contains The Inquest Number It Cannot Be Said That FIR Was Registered After Inquest: SC20 Feb 2019 7:23 AM GMT

Death Penalty Should Remain On The Statute Book, Says Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]19 Feb 2019 1:05 PM GMT

Inability To Establish Motive In A Case Of Circumstantial Evidence Not Always Fatal : SC [Read Judgment]12 Feb 2019 1:04 PM GMT

The inability of the prosecution to establish motive in a case of circumstantial evidence is not always fatal to the prosecution case, held the Supreme Court today.The bench of Justices A M...

'Voluntary Provocation' Cannot Attract Exception To Offence Of Murder: SC [Read Judgment]11 Feb 2019 11:24 AM GMT

The Supreme Court has observed that if the provocation was voluntary on the part of the accused, it would not attract exception 1 to Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code (Exception to the offence...

SC Cancels Bail Granted By Rajasthan HC To Alleged Illegal Sand Mafia [Read Order]15 Dec 2018 9:20 AM GMT

In a significant order, the Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled bail granted by the Rajasthan High Court to four accused charge-sheeted for the commission of a brutal murder of a village sarpanch...

Brutal, But Doesn’t Warrant Death Sentence: SC Commutes Death Penalty Of A Man Who Was Convicted For Murdering 3 Kids [Read Judgment]29 Nov 2018 5:07 PM GMT

‘The offence has undoubtedly been committed which can be said to be brutal but does not warrant death sentence.’ The Supreme Court has commuted death sentence imposed on a man convicted in a triple...

Section 313 CrPC: Accused’s Silence About Matters He Is Expected To Explain Leads To An Adverse Inference Against Him: SC [Read Order]26 Nov 2018 7:35 AM GMT

“The duty is on the State to show that there is no possibility of reform or rehabilitation of the accused. When the offence is not gruesome, not cold-blooded murder, nor is committed in a diabolical...

Kerala HC Confirms Death Penalty For Convict In Double Rape-Murder Case [Read Judgment]6 Nov 2018 1:34 PM GMT

The High Court of Kerala has upheld death penalty awarded by trial court for a person convicted of rape and murder of a mother-daughter duo. The crime happened on December 2, 2007, in Idukki...

SC Stresses On Need To Develop And Recognize ‘Democratic Policing’ Concept; Enhances Punishment To Cops Involved In Custodial Torture Case [Read Judgment]4 Sep 2018 12:47 PM GMT

“It may not be out of context to remind that the motto of Maharashtra State Police is 'Sadrakshnāya Khalanīghrahanāya' (Sanskrit: 'To protect good and to Punish evil'), which needs to be respected....

Bombay HC Alters Conviction Of Accused Who Killed Man For “Unnatural Sex” From Murder To Culpable Homicide [Read Judgment]29 Aug 2018 6:29 AM GMT

The Bombay High Court recently gave the benefit of doubt to an accused convicted of murder, accepting his defence that the murder took place in a heat of passion as he was being forced to perform...

SC Turns Down Suhaib Ilyasi’s Interim Bail Plea; Asks Him To Approach HC [Read Order]31 May 2018 2:23 PM GMT

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant interim bail to television producer Suhaib Ilyasi who is facing life imprisonment for the murder of his wife.The vacation bench of Justice L Nageswara...

“It Is Simply Unheard Of", SC Expresses Surprise About Sessions Judge Sentencing A Murder Convict To Just 10-Year Imprisonment [Read Judgment]26 March 2018 11:43 AM GMT

The Supreme Court today expressed surprise about an order of a Sessions judge who had sentenced a murder convict ‘for ten years’.“It is simply unheard of,” said the bench of Justice RK Agrawal and...

11 Cow Vigilantes Get Life Term In Alimuddin Lynching Case21 March 2018 12:28 PM GMT

A fast track court on Wednesday sentenced 11 cow vigilantes to life imprisonment in a case related to mob lynching of Alimuddin for carrying of cow meat in Ramgarh district.The convicted persons are...

SC Stays Execution Of Death Sentence In Rape-Cum-Murder Case [Read Order]5 Jan 2018 5:11 AM GMT

The Supreme Court has stayed execution of death sentence of a man accused of rape-cum-murder of an 8-year-old girl.The trial court had convicted Veerendra for rape and murder of a minor girl, who was...

Suhaib Ilyasi Of ‘India’s Most Wanted’ Fame Found Guilty Of Wife’s Murder16 Dec 2017 4:55 PM GMT

Suhaib Ilyasi, who once shot to fame as the host of TV crime show ‘India’s Most Wanted’, on Saturday was held guilty by a Delhi court in his wife’s death, that occurred 17 years ago.The decision was...

Justice Sanjiv Khanna Decides On Split Verdict From Delhi HC In Murder Appeal; Acquits 2 Out Of 5 Accused [Read Judgment]8 Dec 2017 7:11 AM GMT

After the Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict in five criminal appeals in February this year, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, on Tuesday, upheld the conviction of 3 accused, while acquitting 2...

MP HC Quashes Production Warrant Against Abu Salem Issued Without Jurisdiction [Read Judgment]11 Nov 2017 5:46 AM GMT

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed the order of Bhopal sessions court issuing production warrant against extradited gangster Abu Salem with observation that the order was issued without...