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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Sole Eyewitness Testimony. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Harishchandra Rathod, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Amravati for the murder of Sushama under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment. The prosecution case w...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Wife Murder Case Due to Incomplete Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as chain of circumstances did not exclude possibility of suicide....

The appellant, Prashant Mahatme, was convicted by the Sessions Judge, Nagpur for the murder of his wife Rajni under Section 302 IPC and for causing disappearance of evidence under Section 201 IPC. The...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Land Acquisition Case — Market Value Enhanced for Agricultural Land with Potential. Land situated near village and road held to have non-agricultural potential, warranting higher compensation under Section 23 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The appellant, Pramod Sadashiv Khodke, owned agricultural land bearing Gat No.82, area 4.31 hectares, situated at village Kohli, Taluka Babhulgaon, District Yavatmal. The land was acquired by the resp...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order Under MPDA Act for Lack of Subjective Satisfaction and Stale Grounds. Single FIR and Bail Not Sufficient to Treat Detenu as Dangerous Person Affecting Public Order....

The petitioner, Vishal Aananda Mahabal, was detained under Section 3(1) of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Dangerous Persons, Video Pirate...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Extension of Investigation Period in NDPS Case for Non-Compliance with Section 36A(4). Failure to Serve Notice on Accused Before Granting Extension Renders Order Invalid and Accused Entitled to Bail....

The judgment concerns five applications under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, filed by accused persons in Crime No. 1089/2020 registered at Chakan Police Station, Pune, for offenc...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty Soon Before Death. State fails to prove demand and cruelty under Section 304-B IPC as dying declaration and oral evidence were inconsistent....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of respondents Bhausaheb Barku Datir and Barku Chenda Datir (since deceased) for offences under Sections 498A, 304-B, and 306 read with Section ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Notice Under Section 148 of Income Tax Act for Lack of Independent Application of Mind by AO. Reassessment based on borrowed satisfaction from investigation wing without forming own belief is invalid....

The petitioner, Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Private Limited, challenged a notice dated 23rd March 2011 issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for Assessment Year 2004-2005, along with su...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Partition Suit — Concurrent Findings Upheld. Sale Deed Cancelled to Extent of Plaintiff's 1/4th Share as Purchaser Not a Bonafide Transferee Without Notice....

The present second appeal was filed by the original defendant No.4, Vikrant s/o Vilasrao Patil (since deceased, through legal heirs), challenging the concurrent judgment and decree passed by the trial...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Under Article 227 and Section 482 CrPC, Sets Aside Magistrate's Order Returning DV Application for Want of Jurisdiction. Section 27 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 Confers Wide Territorial Jurisdiction Including Place Where the Aggrieved Person Temporarily Resides....

The petitioner, Mrs. Afia Rasheed Khan, married Respondent No. 1 in December 1993 in Hyderabad and had a son, Respondent No. 2. She alleged that both respondents subjected her to mental, emotional, an...