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Supreme Court Sets Aside Bail Granted by High Court in Murder Case Due to Lack of Reasoning and Failure to Consider Criminal Antecedents. The High Court's orders granting bail were cryptic and did not consider the gravity of the offence or the criminal antecedents of the accused.

The appeals were filed by the informant-appellant, the mother of the deceased Rupesh Kumar, challenging the orders dated 22.07.2021 and 13.09.2021 pas...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Husband and Mother-in-law in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty and Absence of Proximate Cause. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as death by burns was not proved to be homicidal and no nexus between alleged harassment and death established.

The appellants, Shaikh Juned Shaikh Moti Mansuri (husband) and Julekha Begum (mother-in-law), were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Auranga...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...

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Bombay High Court Issues Interim Directions in Drunk Driving PIL Pending Appeal Against Acquittal of Actor. Court Notes Large Number of Recent Cases Under Section 185 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Directs Interim Measures.

This Public Interest Litigation (PIL) arises from an incident on 28 November 2002 in Mumbai, where the fourth respondent, a popular Hindi film star, w...

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Madras High Court Delivers Judgment on Death Sentence Confirmation in POCSO Case Involving Sexual Assault of Three Minor Girls. The Court Considers Reliability of Minor Victims’ Testimony, Delay in FIR, and Definition of Penetrative Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act.

The High Court of Madras (Madurai Bench) delivered a common judgment in a referred trial (RT(MD) No.4 of 2026) for confirmation of death sentence and ...

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Bombay High Court Confirms Death Sentence for Rape and Murder of Minor Girl — Rarest of Rare Case. The Court upheld the conviction under Section 302 IPC for the brutal murder of a 4-year-old girl, finding the circumstantial evidence complete and the crime falling within the rarest of rare category.

The case involves the confirmation of a death sentence and an appeal against conviction. The accused, Ravi s/o Ashok Ghumare, was convicted by the Add...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Appeal Against Acquittal in Attempt to Murder Case Due to Unreliable Evidence. Conviction under Sections 307, 326, 504 read with 34 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

The case pertains to a criminal appeal filed by the complainant (Ganapati Hegde and Ramachandra Hegde) under Section 372 of the Code of Criminal Proce...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Testimony and Lack of Medical Corroboration. Conviction under Section 4 of POCSO Act and Section 376 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Case Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The case involves an appeal against the conviction of Dr. Ramesh under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Sect...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Motive. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

The case involves two criminal appeals filed by the appellants against their conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) for mur...