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Bombay High Court Examined Victim Compensation Claim Under Section 357A CrPC in Corrosive Substance Burn Case. Court Considered Whether Burn Victim Could Be Treated at Par with Acid Attack Victims Under Manodhairya Compensation Scheme and State's Duty to Provide Rehabilitation.

The petitioner, a resident of Mumbai, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to the State of Maharas...

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Supreme Court Allows Inquiry into Juvenility Plea in Murder Conviction Case — Remands to Sessions Court for Age Determination. Appellant's claim of being a juvenile on the date of offence was not properly considered by lower courts despite early application.

The appellant, Rahul Kumar Yadav, was convicted under Sections 302 and 394 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 27(2) of the Arms Act, 1959 by t...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Revision Petition in Defamation Case — Conviction for Criminal Defamation Under Sections 499, 500, 501 IPC Upheld. Concurrent findings of fact by trial and appellate courts cannot be interfered with in revision unless perverse or illegal.

The petitioner, B.S. Shivaprasad, was the printer, publisher and acting editor of a newspaper. He was tried in C.C.No.21429/2001 before the JMFC, II C...

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Bombay High Court Allows Revision by Informant and State, Sets Aside Discharge of Accused in Dowry Death Case. Prima facie case under Sections 306, 498-A IPC read with Section 34 IPC made out against sister-in-law based on allegations of abetment to suicide and cruelty.

The judgment arises from two criminal revision applications challenging an order of the learned Sessions Court discharging the respondent-accused (Rek...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Overt Act. Conviction under Section 302 read with Section 120B IPC set aside as the only evidence of presence with a weapon was contradicted by key witnesses.

The appellant, Raj Kumar @ Suman, was convicted by the Sessions Court on 27th August 2003 for offences punishable under Section 302 read with Section ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against High Court's Quashing of Summoning Order in Abetment of Suicide Case. Magistrate's Power to Issue Summons After Closure Report Upheld, with Emphasis on Application of Mind Under Sections 202 and 204 CrPC, 1973.

The appeal arose from a High Court order quashing a Magistrate's summoning order in a case alleging abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC. The app...