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Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Rape and Murder of Minor Girl in POCSO Case. Conviction under Sections 302, 376(2)(f), 377, 363, 364, 367, 201 IPC and POCSO Act affirmed based on DNA evidence and circumstantial evidence.

The case pertains to the kidnapping, rape, unnatural sex, and murder of a 5-year-old girl by her neighbor, the appellant Dattatraya @ Datta Ambo Rokad...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court's Quashing of FIRs in Non-Compoundable Offences Based on Compromise. The Court held that Section 482 CrPC cannot be used to quash serious offences like attempt to murder and robbery merely on compromise, as it affects public interest and societal order.

The Supreme Court of India heard two appeals by the State of Madhya Pradesh against separate High Court orders quashing criminal proceedings on the ba...

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Rape and Murder Case — Review Petition Allowed in Open Court. Court Holds That Life Imprisonment Is the Rule and Death Sentence an Exception, and Mitigating Circumstances Must Be Considered Even in Heinous Crimes.

The Supreme Court of India heard a review petition filed by Md. Mannan @ Abdul Mannan, who had been convicted for the rape and murder of an eight-year...

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Supreme Court Restores Compensation in Motor Accident Claim — Bus Driver's Negligence Established by Preponderance of Probabilities. Non-examination of Pillion Rider Not Fatal to Claim Under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

The case arises from a motor accident on 28 October 2011, when Sitaram, a senior government school teacher, was riding a motorcycle with a pillion rid...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Drug Overdose Murder Case Due to Lack of Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC read with Section 120B IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove chain of circumstances beyond reasonable doubt.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeals filed by Chandru @ Chandrasekaran and Siva @ Sivaprakash against their conviction under Section 302 IPC read wit...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Two Accused in Murder Case Under Section 302/34 IPC — High Court's Alteration of Charge from Section 302/149 to Section 302/34 Upheld

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Phuman Singh and Kashmiro, upholding their conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the In...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against Quashing of Criminal Process in Forgery Case — High Court Exceeded Jurisdiction by Evaluating Merits at Summoning Stage. Criminal proceedings cannot be quashed merely because allegations appear civil if ingredients of offence are prima facie made out.

The appellant, Sau. Kamal Shivaji Pokarnekar, filed a criminal complaint alleging that the respondents committed forgery and prepared false documents,...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Negotiable Instruments Act Case — Reverses High Court Acquittal Based on Fiduciary Relationship. Concurrent Findings of Fact Cannot Be Upset in Revision Without Perversity; Presumption Under Section 139 NI Act Applies Even Between Fiduciaries.

The appellant-complainant, Bir Singh, filed a criminal complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 against the respondent-accu...