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Bombay High Court Suspends Sentence of Appellant Convicted for Rape of Minor Cousin Under POCSO Act and IPC, Grants Bail Pending Appeal. The court considered distinctive facts and no misuse of earlier bail to suspend the sentence under Section 389 CrPC....

The appellant, Arhant Janardan Sunatkari, a 19-year-old student, was convicted by the trial court for committing rape repeatedly on the same woman, an offense under Section 376(2)(n) of the Indian Pen...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Wife and Daughter in Murder Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC for throttling death set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellants, Kamalabai Deelip Deore (wife of deceased Deelip) and Mangala Mahindra Shinde (daughter of deceased), were convicted by the Sessions Judge, Nashik in Sessions Case No.35 of 2008 for the...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Rejection of Caste Validity Certificate for Momin (OBC) Claim — Emphasizes Liberal Approach for Muslim Caste Claims. Court holds that absence of pre-1967 documents cannot be sole ground for rejection, especially when Muslim community traditionally does not record caste in documents....

The petitioner, Aasiya Mahamadyunnus Gavandi, filed a writ petition challenging the order dated 29th/31st July 2020 passed by the District Caste Certificate Verification Committee, Sangli, which rejec...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Employee's Writ Petition Challenging Dismissal for Abusive Language and Misconduct. Punishment of Dismissal Upheld as Not Disproportionate Under Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946....

The petitioner, Rangrao Krishnarao Choudhari, was employed as a Winder with respondent no.1, Maharshi Babasaheb Kedar Sahakari Sut Girni. On 24.04.1995, during the second shift, senior officer Shri R....

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Evidence and Hostile Witnesses. Conviction under Sections 302 and 307 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellant, Udal Harishchandra Nanak, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, for offences under Sections 302 and 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and sentenced to life imprisonmen...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking FIR Registration and Excavation of Hidden Gold in Temple Trust Dispute. Allegations of Mismanagement by Former Trustee Found to Be Civil in Nature and Motivated by Personal Grudge, Not Warranting Criminal Investigation....

The petitioner, Namdev Sahebrao Garad, a former trustee of Jagdamba Devi Sarvajanik Trust, filed a criminal writ petition seeking multiple reliefs including direction to police to register an FIR agai...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Husband in Murder Case Due to Lack of Intent and Inconsistent Evidence. Conviction under Section 304 Part II IPC for causing death by a single hammer blow set aside as the act was not intentional but a result of sudden quarrel, reducing culpability to culpable homicide not amounting to murder....

The appellant, Santosh Mahadev Atkar, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pandharpur, for offences under Section 304 Part II IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and Section 201...

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Bombay High Court Allows Quashing of FIR in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Compromise Between Spouses. Matrimonial Dispute Settled Amicably Leads to Termination of Criminal Proceedings Under Section 482 CrPC....

The judgment pertains to two criminal applications filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of FIR No. 123 of 2019 registered at Shivaji Nagar Police Station, ...