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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction for Rape of 8-Year-Old Set Aside as Medical Evidence Did Not Support Penetration and Witness Testimony Contained Material Contradictions.

The appellant, Balaji Malhari Devkate, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Bhokar, District Nanded for the rape of an 8-year-old girl unde...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal in Negotiable Instruments Act Case — Reverses Acquittal and Convicts Accused for Cheque Dishonour. Presumption under Section 139 of N.I. Act stands unless rebutted by accused on preponderance of probabilities.

The appellant, Ashok Kumar, filed a complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C. before the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru, against t...

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Bombay High Court Confirms Death Sentence for Rape and Murder of Minor Girl, Dismisses Appeal. Verdict Affirms Trial Court's Death Penalty for Offences Under IPC Sections 302 and 376(2)(f) Based on Circumstantial Evidence.

The confirmation case and criminal appeal arose from the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl. The victim was the daughter of PW-1 Sharda, ...

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Karnataka High Court Considers Appeals Against Conviction for Murder and State's Appeal for Fine. Case Involves Issues of Identity, Motive, and Recovery Under Sections 302 and 34 IPC.

The appeals arose from the judgment of the Fast Track (Sessions) Judge-V, Bengaluru City, in S.C. No. 1199/2012, convicting the accused under Section ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Gang Rape Case Due to Unreliable Victim Testimony and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Sections 376(2)(g), 366A, 292, 500, 506(II) IPC and Section 67 IT Act Set Aside.

The case involves two appeals against conviction for gang rape and other offences. The prosecution alleged that on 16 May 2011, the appellants and thr...

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Karnataka High Court Upholds Conviction of Accused for Defamation Under Section 500 IPC — Publication of Defamatory Article in Newspaper Constitutes Offence. Court Holds That Truth and Public Good Are Defences Under Exception 1 to Section 499 IPC, But Burden of Proof Lies on Accused.

The case arises from a private complaint filed by B.A. Harish Gowda, a government officer, against Ravindra Reshme and others, who were journalists an...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Rape on False Promise of Marriage and Abetment of Miscarriage in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Consent vitiated by misconception of fact under Section 375 IPC; conviction under Sections 376 and 312 IPC restored.

The case involves an appeal by Mukesh Kumar Yadav against the judgment of the High Court at Calcutta (Circuit Bench at Port Blair) dated 23.04.2026, w...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty and Abetment. Conviction under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove demand of dowry or instigation to commit suicide.

The case involves two appeals: Criminal Appeal No. 651 of 1990 filed by the accused (appellants) against their conviction under Sections 498-A and 306...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Attempt to Murder Under Section 307 IPC — Razor Attack on Throat and Waist Constitutes Attempt to Murder. Evidence of Injured Witness and Medical Testimony Found Credible and Sufficient to Sustain Conviction.

The case arises from a criminal revision application filed by Mangesh Radheshyam Raut, the applicant/accused, challenging his conviction and sentence ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Private Complaints for Dishonour of Cheque Over Rs. 1 Crore Under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Section 142(2) of NI Act Does Not Mandate Police Investigation, Private Complaint Maintainable.

The case involved a reference made by a learned Single Judge of the Bombay High Court regarding the interpretation of Section 142(2) of the Negotiable...