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High Court of Bombay at Goa Acquits Accused in NDPS Case for Non-Compliance with Section 50. Search of Shoulder Bag Held to Be Personal Search Requiring Mandatory Notice of Right to Be Searched Before Gazetted Officer or Magistrate....

The appellant, Kushal Puri, was convicted by the learned Sessions Judge, Goa, in NDPS Case No.40/2015 for possession of 1.216 kg of charas, a commercial quantity, under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the Nar...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Conviction on Uncharged Act and Non-Consideration of Defence Evidence. Conviction for rape under Section 376 IPC and Section 6 of POCSO Act set aside as trial court convicted for a different incident than charged without altering charge....

The appellant, Abdul Rajak Chapparban, was convicted by the Children's Court for offences under Section 376 and 506 IPC, Section 8(2) of the Goa Children's Act, 2003, and Section 6 of the Protection o...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal of Convict in POCSO Case, Upholds 14-Year Sentence for Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault on Minor. Evidence of Child Victim and Mother Found Credible, Corroborated by Medical and DNA Evidence, Conviction Under Section 6 POCSO Act and Section 342 IPC Affirmed....

The appellant, Kailas Gangaprasad Yadav, was convicted by the Special Judge under the POCSO Act, Greater Mumbai, in POCSO Special Case No. 266 of 2014 for offences under Section 6 of the Protection of...

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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...