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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Rape Case Due to Consensual Relationship Between Engaged Couple. Court holds that sexual intercourse between engaged parties with promise of marriage does not constitute rape under Section 376 IPC if consent is voluntary and not induced by false promise....

The applicant, Navneet Bangalkar, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of FIR No.0573/2021 registered at Umred Police Station, Nagpur,...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Dismisses Criminal Revision Applications Challenging Cognizance and Process Issuance in CBI Corruption Case. Sanction for Prosecution Under Section 19 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Not Required for Private Complaints Under Section 190 CrPC....

The judgment pertains to four criminal revision applications filed by multiple applicants challenging the order of the Special Judge (CBI) at Goa, who took cognizance and issued process against them i...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Return of Plaint in Specific Performance Suit, Holds Dispute Falls Within Commercial Dispute Definition. Agreement for Development of Land Involves Commercial Activity Under Section 2(1)(c)(vii) of Commercial Courts Act, 2015....

The petitioner, original defendant no.3(a) to 3(c) in a suit for specific performance of a development agreement dated 1st October 2014, filed a writ petition aggrieved by the order dated 7th Septembe...

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Bombay High Court Examines Challenge to Charge-Sheet Issued Under Rule 14 CCS (CCA) Rules Two Days Before Retirement. Department's 13-year delay in initiating proceedings and subsequent acquittal in criminal case on same facts raised questions of law....

The petitioner, a member of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) recruited in 1979, was working as Additional Commissioner of Customs in 2000 when an incident relating to excess dut...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Instigation. Conviction under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove cruelty or abetment beyond reasonable doubt....

The case pertains to an appeal against the conviction of Ramdas Dhondu Kalatkar (appellant no.1) and Bharti Ramdas Kalatkar (appellant no.2, since deceased) under Sections 498-A and 306 of the Indian ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Benefit of Doubt — Circumstantial Evidence Fails to Establish Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove chain of circumstances consistent only with guilt....

The appellant, Gangubai Kashinath Kamble, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, in Sessions Case No. 365/1994 for the murder of her husband under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life ...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Pronounces Judgment on Criminal Writ Petition Filed by Sitting MLA to Quash FIR for Alleged Assault, Wrongful Restraint and Criminal Intimidation. Petitioner Contends that Ingredients of Sections 323, 341 and 506 IPC Are Not Made Out and Investigation Is Politically Motivated....

The petitioner, a sitting Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, filed a criminal writ petition seeking to quash FIR No. 18/2020 and charge sheet No. 101/2020 registered at Porvorim Police Station fo...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Appeal Against Conviction Under Section 302 IPC; Upholds Life Sentence. Stabbing in Stomach with Kitchen Knife During Quarrel Over Labour Work Amounts to Murder, Not Culpable Homicide, as Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC Not Applicable Due to Undue Advantage Taken by Accused....

The High Court of Bombay at Goa heard a criminal appeal against the conviction of the appellant for murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The appellant, a labourer, was convicted by...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Caste Scrutiny Committee Order Invalidating Caste Claim Due to Bias — Member Who Conducted Vigilance Cannot Sit on Committee. The Court held that participation of a vigilance officer as a member of the scrutiny committee violates natural justice and renders the order a nullity....

The petitioners, Kum. Shruti Nivarutti Hainalkar and Master Shravan Nivarutti Hainalkar (minors through their mother), challenged an order dated 9 December 2021 passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certifica...