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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence. Last Seen Theory Fails as Witnesses Contradict Each Other and Chain of Circumstances is Incomplete Under Sections 302 and 201 IPC.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Kolhapur, dated 13th July 1993, in Sessions Case No.48 of 199...

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High Court of Gujarat Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Extrajudicial Confession and Incomplete Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appellant, Bhartiben w/o Guneshbhai Gamit, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Surat at Vyara, under Section 302 of the Indian Penal C...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Acquits Husband and Two Women in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declarations and Lack of Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 read with 34 IPC Set Aside as Dying Declarations Suffer from Material Infirmities and Insufficient Corroboration.

The appeals arose from the judgment of the III Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Aurangabad, in Sessions Case No. 331 of 2000, where the trial court co...

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Gujarat High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder in Hired Car Driver Stabbing Case — Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt. The court held that the last seen theory, recovery of weapon, and motive established the guilt of the accused under Section 302 IPC.

The appellant, Sandipkumar Sureshbhai Patel, was convicted under Section 302 IPC for the murder of Mazharkhan Saidkhan Pathan, a driver of an Innova c...

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Madras High Court Acquits Wife in Husband's Murder Case Due to Lack of Direct Evidence and Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appellant, Nandhini, was convicted by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Pudukottai, in SC No.18/2022 dated 26.10.2022 for the murder of h...

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Gujarat High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Absence of Public Witness. Conviction for Murder Under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The present criminal appeals were preferred by the appellants-accused under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, against the judgment ...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Illegal Mining Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Procedural Lapses. Conviction under Mines and Mineral Act and IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove possession of minerals beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellants, Dinesh and Cheluvamurthy, were convicted by the II Additional Sessions and Special Judge at Mysuru in Special Case No.85/2018 for offe...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellants in Circumstantial Evidence Homicide Case — High Court Conviction Reversed Due to Incomplete Chain of Circumstances. Suspicion Cannot Substitute Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 302, 201, 34 IPC.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by Ballu @ Balram @ Balmukund and Halki Bahu @ Jamna Bai @ Jamuna Bai against the judgment of the High Cour...

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High Court of Karnataka adjudicates criminal appeals arising from conviction of a bank employee and relative for conspiracy, forgery, and corruption. Convictions under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 were challenged before the High Court.

The appeals arose out of the judgment dated 26.12.2009 passed by the Special Judge for CBI Cases, Bangalore in Spl.C.C.No.29/2004, whereby the appella...