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Bombay High Court Upholds Juvenile Board's Decision to Try Older Juvenile as Adult in Murder Case — Section 15 of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 Requires Individualized Assessment of Physical and Mental Capacity to Commit Offence.

The case involves two juveniles, aged 17.5 years and 16.5 years, accused of murdering a three-and-half-year-old child. The Juvenile Justice Board, aft...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Delay in FIR — Conviction for Rape and Sexual Assault Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appellant, Guruprasad Daulat Bhalavi, was convicted by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur in Special POCSO Case 224/2016 for offences u...

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Bombay High Court Directs Registration of FIR Against Police Officers in Custodial Death Case. Failure to Register FIR Despite Allegations of Torture and Death in Police Lock-up Amounts to Dereliction of Duty Under Section 154 CrPC.

The petitioner, Pushpa Pimple, filed a criminal writ petition seeking direction to register a crime against police officers of Newasa Police Station f...

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Bombay High Court Allows Termination of 23-Week Pregnancy Due to Fatal Cardiac Anomaly - Medical Board Opinion of Substantial Risk of Serious Handicap Justifies Abortion Under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.

The petitioners, a married couple, sought termination of the first petitioner's pregnancy of approximately 24 weeks (later determined as 23 weeks by t...

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Bombay High Court Allows Revision and Discharges Accused in Rape and SC/ST Act Case Due to Lack of Prima Facie Evidence. Medical Report Showing No Active Sperm in Accused No.1's Semen and Consent for Abortion by Complainant's Mother Negate Offences Under Sections 376 and 318 IPC.

The present criminal revision application was filed by the accused (applicants) against the order dated 07.05.2012 passed by the learned Additional Se...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Husband in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty or Instigation. Conviction under Sections 306 and 498-A IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove that the appellant subjected his wife to cruelty or abetted her suicide.

The appellant, Kailas Shivaji Ahire, was convicted by the IInd Additional Sessions Judge, Nasik in Sessions Case No.93 of 1995 for offences under Sect...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Rape Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Delayed FIR. Conviction under Sections 376, 451, 506 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appellant, Martand Ramchandra Lohkare, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune for offences under Sections 376 (rape), 451 (house-tre...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Instigation. Suicide note found two months after death and deceased's history of miscarriages and nervous breakdown were the likely cause of suicide, not any act of the accused.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Narendra Devidasji Ramteke for the offence of abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the ...