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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Police Officers in Custodial Death Case Due to Lack of Sanction Under Section 197 CrPC. Prosecution for alleged murder and torture during custody fails as prior sanction for prosecution of public servants was not obtained, rendering the proceedings invalid.

The judgment pertains to two criminal writ petitions filed by police officers seeking quashing of an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investiga...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Upholds Conviction of Godfather for Rape of Mentally Retarded Woman Under Section 376(2)(l) IPC — Evidence of Mental Disability and Eyewitness Testimony Sufficient to Sustain Conviction

The appellant, Tiofilo Evangelio Moraes @ Mories, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Margao in Sessions Case No.20/2013 for an offence pu...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Sole Eyewitness Testimony and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Sections 302, 307 IPC and Section 30 Arms Act set aside as medical and ballistic evidence contradicted the eyewitness account.

The case involves two criminal appeals arising from a judgment dated 29.12.2006 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Satara in Sessions Case No.53...

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Bombay High Court Converts Conviction of Accused from Culpable Homicide to Grievous Hurt in Land Dispute Murder Case. Single Blow with Stick Held Not Amounting to Murder or Culpable Homicide, Acquittal of Five Co-Accused Upheld Under Sections 147, 148, 149, 302 IPC.

The case arises from a land dispute between the Rahmatkar family. On 12 August 2002 at 2:30 PM, at village Bhadrutola, Karanja, an altercation occurre...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Five Accused in Murder Case, Converts Conviction of One Accused from Culpable Homicide to Grievous Hurt. Land dispute leads to fatal assault; court finds no common intention for murder, modifies conviction under Section 304 Part I IPC to Section 325 IPC.

The case arises from a land dispute between the Rahmatkar family. On 12 August 2002, at around 2:30 PM, an altercation occurred at village Bhadrutola,...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Failure to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Establish Motive and Relied on Unreliable Witnesses.

The appellant, Shivaji Raghunath Dhadam, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for the murder of Ramesh Pandurang Dhadam, and...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Sole Eyewitness and Inconclusive Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellant, Kalu @ Sharwansingh Manoharsingh Shekhawat, was convicted by the trial court for the murder of Dagdu under Section 302 IPC and for offe...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Testimony of Interested Witnesses. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as sole eyewitness was a close relative with contradictions, and other witnesses turned hostile.

The appellant, Manohar Gangaram Patil, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Brihan Mumbai, for the murder of his uncle, Kashinath Ramchandr...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Testimony of Related Witnesses and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 302 read with 34 IPC set aside as sole eyewitness was brother of deceased and testimony suffered from contradictions and improvements.

The appellants, original accused Nos. 1 to 4, were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Nashik in Sessions Case No. 47 of 1999 for offences pun...