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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Part, Converts Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder in Property Dispute Assault. Single Axe Blow on Head Without Premeditation or Intention to Kill Reduces Offence from Section 302 IPC to Part I of Section 304 IPC.

The case arises from a property dispute between two brothers, Ramesh (appellant no.1) and Gajanan (deceased), who lived adjacent to each other. On 9 J...

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Supreme Court Acquits Mother in Suicide Pact Case Due to Lack of Murderous Intent. Poisoning of Children Held Not Murder as Act Was Part of Failed Suicide Pact Without Intent to Kill Under Section 300 IPC.

The appellant, Nagarathinam, was in a relationship with a man named Suresh who frequently threatened her. Distressed, she decided to commit suicide al...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction Under Section 304 Part II IPC for Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder. Single Blow on Head with Stick Causing Death After 11 Days - Knowledge of Likely Death Established, No Intention to Kill.

The judgment arises from a criminal appeal and revision against the conviction of the accused under Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code. The ...

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High Court of Karnataka Kalaburagi Bench Considers Criminal Appeal Against Conviction Under Sections 498A and 302 IPC. The Court Framed Issues on Trial Validity Due to Accused’s Mental Condition and Adequacy of Prosecution Evidence Including Hostile Witnesses.

The criminal appeal arose from the judgment and order of the II Additional District and Sessions Judge at Raichur in S.C. No.1/2015 convicting the acc...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal of Convict in Murder Case Due to Benefit of Doubt on Insanity Plea. Conviction Under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Mens Rea Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appellant, Ramchandra Shenfadu Patil, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Amalner in Sessions Case No.26/2009 for the murder of his mo...

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High Court of Karnataka Considers Criminal Appeal Against Conviction Under POCSO Act – Hostile Witnesses and Child Evidence Analysed. Court Notes Violation of Section 33(5) POCSO in Recalling Child Witness.

The High Court of Karnataka, Kalaburagi Bench, heard a criminal appeal filed by the convicted appellant challenging the judgment of conviction dated M...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Circumstantial Evidence Fails to Establish Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The case pertains to the murder of Manish Gharat, an autorickshaw driver, who was allegedly killed by the appellants due to a love affair between the ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of State Transport Driver for Murder and Rampage in Confirmation Case and Appeal. Conviction under Sections 302, 307, 324, 381, 427 IPC and Section 3(2) Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act Affirmed; Insanity Defence Rejected.

The Bombay High Court dealt with a confirmation case for death sentence and a criminal appeal arising from the conviction of Santosh Maruti Mane, a dr...