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High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Accused in SC/ST Atrocities Case Due to Lack of Prima Facie Intent to Humiliate on Caste Basis. The court held that the bar under Section 18 of the SC/ST Act does not apply when the allegations do not prima facie constitute an offence under the Act, and granted bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C....

The petitioners, Jagadeesh and Vinay Kumar, accused Nos. 1 and 2, filed a petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.145 of 2020...

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High Court of Karnataka Considers Appeal Against Trial Court Decree Declaring Road as Public and Granting Injunction Over Air Force Station. The Appeal Challenges the Declaration that the Stretch Between Gangamma Circle and Zam-Zam Point is a Public Road and the Permanent Injunction Against Restrictions on Public Use....

The litigation involved a suit filed in 1996 by the Bangalore North Taluk Public Grievances Committee, a registered society, along with individual plaintiffs, seeking a declaration that a stretch of r...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence and Unreliable Witnesses. Circumstantial Evidence Fails to Establish Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 302 and 201 of Indian Penal Code, 1860....

The State of Goa filed an appeal against the judgment and final order dated 11.12.2017 passed by the Sessions Court, South Goa at Margao in Sessions Case (302) No. 50 of 2015, whereby the accused (res...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Father for Rape of Minor Daughter Under Section 376(2)(f) IPC — Life Imprisonment Maintained. Victim's Testimony Found Credible and Corroborated by Medical Evidence and FIR Timing....

The appellant, Mohd. Ishtiyak Ismile Shaikh, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay, for offences under Section 376(2)(f) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 323 IPC. He...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Salary Release of Special Teacher in Deaf and Dumb School — State Directed to Pay Salary from Date of Appointment. The court held that the petitioner is entitled to salary for services rendered from 25th June, 2015, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India....

The petitioner, Asha Krishnaji Kulkarni, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Bombay High Court seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to relea...

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High Court of Bombay Upholds Conviction of Accused in Murder Case Based on Direct and Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Affirmed as Prosecution Proved Homicidal Death and Accused's Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

Background: The case arose from an incident on 24 March 2013, where the deceased, Smt. Sarita Deepak Kedare, was found murdered in her residence at Dnyansagar Apartments, Diva East, Thane. The appella...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Attempt to Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Absence of Intent. Conviction under Section 307 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to establish that the accused had the requisite intention to cause death or that the injuries were sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death....

The appellant, Arumugum Arundatiyar, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Mumbai for offences under Sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 341 (wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Intent and Inconsistent Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as the act was not intentional but occurred during a sudden quarrel, reducing offence to culpable homicide not amounting to murder....

The appellant, Sunny @ Santosh Dharmu Bhosale, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Satara, for the murder of his uncle Gopal Mahadev Bhosale under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imp...