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Bombay High Court Upholds Sentencing of Husband for Non-Payment of Maintenance Arrears Under Section 125 CrPC — Imprisonment Ordered as Last Resort When Husband Expresses Willingness to Suffer Imprisonment Rather Than Pay

The case arises from a Criminal Revision Application filed by the husband against an order passed in PER No. 444/2004 by the Family Court No. 1, Pune....

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Supreme Court Upholds Life Imprisonment for Convict in Rape of Minor Under Section 376 AB IPC - Commutation of Death Sentence to Natural Life Imprisonment Maintained as Offence Deemed Barbaric Though Not Brutal, with Alternative Minimum Sentence of 20 Years Considered but Not Applied.

The Supreme Court considered a petition by a convict challenging the High Court of Madhya Pradesh's judgment dated 11.10.2018 in Criminal Appeal No.57...

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Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeal and Reduces Sentence in IPC Case Due to Substantial Trial Delay. Sentence Reduced to Period Already Undergone Under Sections 323/34 and 325/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, Considering Totality of Circumstances and Thirteen-Year Trial Span.

The Supreme Court heard an appeal against the order of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana in Criminal Revision Petition No. CRR 3005 of 2013. The Appe...

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Supreme Court Reduces Sentence of Bus Driver for Breaking Railway Crossing Gate Under Section 160(2) of Railways Act, 1989. Conviction Upheld but Sentence Reduced to Period Already Undergone Due to Nature of Offence and Passage of Time.

The appellant, Nagaraj, was a driver employed by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. On 3 August 2006, while driving a bus, he hit a railw...

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High Court of Karnataka Upholds Conviction of Accused in SC/ST Act Case — Caste-Based Insults and Assault Proven. Concurrent Findings of Fact Cannot Be Interfered With in Revision Under Section 397 Cr.P.C. Unless Perverse.

The case arises from a complaint filed by Sadappa (PW1) on 09.04.2012 alleging that on 07.04.2012 at about 8.30 p.m., the petitioner Somashekar abused...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Parole Violation Case Under Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1988. Sentence Set Aside as Appellant Granted Remission for Main Offence Under Section 302 IPC and Amendment Introducing Minimum Sentence Not Applicable Retrospectively.

The Supreme Court heard an appeal challenging the dismissal of a revision petition by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. The appellant had been con...

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High Court Acquits Accused in Rape Case Due to Procedural Defects and Insufficient Evidence - Fundamental Error in Framing Charge Under Deleted Provision and Inconsistent Testimony Fail to Sustain Conviction Under IPC

The High Court allowed the criminal appeal filed by Appellant against his conviction and life imprisonment under Section 376(3) of the Indian Penal Co...