Search Results for "Premature Prosecution"

295 result(s) found

Scroll Down To Discover

Found 295 result(s)

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Lack of Mens Rea and Active Participation. Joint Suicide Pact Does Not Amount to Abetment Under Section 306 IPC.

The case pertains to the death of actress Ms. Pratyusha, who consumed poison along with the appellant, Gudipalli Siddhartha Reddy, on 23rd February 20...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Sets Aside Quashing of Corruption Proceedings Due to Improper Exercise of Inherent Powers. High Court's Order Under Section 482 CrPC Was Unjustified After Dismissal of Discharge Application and Revision Petition on Same Grounds, Violating Principles Against Circumvention and Multiplicity.

The appeal arose from a judgment of the High Court of Madras quashing criminal proceedings against the respondent under Section 13(2) read with Sectio...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Upholds Life Conviction for Murder in Dowry Demand Case — Acquittal of Co-Accused for Cruelty and Murder Stands as State Did Not Challenge. Conviction under Section 302 IPC based on dying declaration and circumstantial evidence of demand of Rs.10,000/- leading to death.

The appellant, Feroj Mohammad Shaikh, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Osmanabad, for the murder of his wife Shahanaj under Section 302...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Upholds Conviction Under Section 323 IPC but Grants Probation in Criminal Revision — Benefit of Probation of Offenders Act Extended to Accused for Simple Hurt Case.

The petitioners, Sri Ananda and Sri Vasu, were convicted by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bangalore District, in C.C. No.3179/2009 for offences punis...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Acquits Parents-in-Law in Murder Case Due to Lack of Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove murder beyond reasonable doubt in absence of direct evidence and incomplete chain of circumstances.

The appellants, Sitaram Nana Sarvade and Rukmini Sitaram Sarvade, were convicted by the 1st Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Solapur, for the offence ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Acquits Appellants in CBI Corruption Case Due to Lack of Evidence. Conviction for Criminal Conspiracy, Cheating, Forgery, and Corruption Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The case involves two criminal appeals filed by the appellants against their conviction by the XXI Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Specia...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Quashes Order Adding Accused Under Section 319 CrPC Before Evidence Stage — Premature Invocation of Power. Power under Section 319 CrPC cannot be exercised based on investigation statements before commencement of trial evidence, as held in Ranjit Singh v. State of Punjab.

The applicants, five individuals, challenged an order dated 29.03.2010 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Kandhar, in Sessions Case No. 35/2008,...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses Quashing Petitions in FERA Prosecution — Exoneration in Adjudication Not a Bar to Criminal Proceedings. Adjudication and criminal prosecution under FERA are independent proceedings with different standards of proof and objectives.

The judgment concerns two criminal applications filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of orders passed by ...