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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Counterfeit Currency Possession and Use Under IPC Sections 489(B) and 489(C) — Accused's Possession of Fake Notes and Attempt to Use Them Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appellant, Noor Islam s/o Sadik Ali, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge-5, Aurangabad in Sessions Case No.83/2012 for offences under S...

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Bombay High Court Allows Convict's Parole Extension Due to Wife's Medical Emergency. Prison authorities directed to consider humanitarian grounds for extension of parole under Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959.

The petitioner, Hariom Vijay Pandey, a convict lodged in Nashik Road Central Prison, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court (Aura...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Instigation. Conviction under Section 306 IPC Set Aside as Dying Declaration Indicated Accidental Burns, Not Suicide.

The appellant, Mukesh Mudgal, a medical practitioner, was convicted under Section 306 IPC for abetment of suicide of his employee Mamta. The prosecuti...

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Supreme Court Clarifies Legal Insanity Defence Under Section 84 IPC and Burden of Proof Under Section 105 Evidence Act. The court held that insanity must be legal, not medical, to exempt from criminal liability, with the accused bearing the burden of proof on a preponderance of probabilities standard.

The judgment involved an appeal where the appellant raised the plea of insanity under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, seeking reversal of a...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Bank Manager in Embezzlement Case — Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient to Prove Criminal Conspiracy and Misappropriation of Funds

The appellant, N. Raghavender, was the Branch Manager of Sri Rama Grameena Bank, Nizamabad Branch from May 1990 to September 1995. He was convicted by...