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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Inconsistent Testimony. Conviction under Sections 302 and 498-A IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellant, Marlingappa, was convicted by the District and Sessions Judge at Yadgiri for offences under Sections 302 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the murder of his wife, Shivamma, a...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Inconsistent Testimony. Conviction under Sections 302 and 498-A IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellant, Marlingappa, was convicted by the District and Sessions Judge at Yadgiri for offences under Sections 302 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the murder of his wife, Shivamma, a...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Accused in NDPS Act Case Due to Seized Material Not Meeting Definition of Ganja. Dried Leaves Seized from Car Did Not Constitute Ganja as Per Section 2(iii)(b) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and Weight Determination was Vague....

The criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure sought quashing of proceedings in Special Case No. 52/2014 arising from a complaint by the Narcotic Control Bureau, Bengaluru,...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order for Violation of Natural Justice - Failure to Supply Documents and Grant Adequate Hearing. The court held that the authority must supply copies of documents relied upon and grant reasonable opportunity, and failure to do so vitiates the externment order under Section 56(b) of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951....

The petitioner, Aniuddin Shamsuddin Solanki, filed a criminal writ petition challenging an externment order dated 31/7/2020 passed by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Kelapur (Respondent No.2), externin...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence. Acquittal of Accused for Murder Under Sections 302, 177 r/w 34 IPC Upheld as Prosecution Failed to Prove Homicidal Death Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 1st April 2002 passed by the 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, Kalyan, in Sessions Case No. 18 of 1999, acquitting the ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Emergency Parole to Life Convict in MCOCA Case Due to COVID-19 Pandemic Despite Non-Payment of Fine. Non-payment of fine cannot be a ground to deny emergency parole when the convict has completed the requisite actual sentence and the purpose of parole is to decongest prisons during pandemic....

The petitioner, Santosh Manohar Deshmukh, was convicted under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 (MCOCA) on October 20, 2005 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a cumulative fine...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Case. Acquittal of husband and in-laws for offences under Sections 302, 498A, 504, 506 IPC upheld due to lack of evidence of abetment to suicide and cruelty....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Sunil Bharat Kattimani, Annapurna Bharat Kattimani, and Anil Bharat Kattimani (respondents/accused) by the Sessions Judge, Solapur, in Sessio...

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

The appellant, Mohd. Ismail Abdul Hadis Maniyar, was convicted by the trial court for the murder of a woman under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment. The case was based on circumstanti...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC for killing daughter-in-law set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellant, Nagorao s/o Hari Kamble, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for the murder of his daughter-in-law, Nilavati, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The prosecut...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Revision Petition in Property Suit — Upholds Trial Court's Refusal to Reopen Evidence. Court holds that the trial court did not err in rejecting application under Order 18 Rule 17 CPC for recalling witnesses, as the petitioners failed to demonstrate that the evidence sought to be adduced was not within their knowledge earlier....

The case arises from a civil revision petition filed under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) by the petitioners (defendants in the original suit) against the order dated 30.06.201...