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Bombay High Court Allows Concurrent Running of Sentences for Convicts in Multiple Criminal Cases Due to Hardship to Family. Court exercises discretion under Section 427 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to direct sentences to run concurrently instead of consecutively.

The petitioners, Navnit Madhukar Naik and his wife Priya Navnit Naik, were convicted in three criminal cases: Regular Criminal Case No. 105 of 2011 (o...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction but Reduces Sentence in Rash and Negligent Driving Case. Conviction under Sections 279 and 304A IPC Maintained While Substantive Imprisonment Reduced to Period Already Served Based on Mitigating Circumstances Including Compensation Payment and Family Situation.

The Supreme Court considered a criminal appeal challenging conviction and sentence for offences under Sections 279 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code a...

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Bombay High Court Allows Victim Compensation Appeals Under Section 357A CrPC — State Must Compensate Victims Even if Accused Acquitted or Untraced. The court held that victim compensation is a mandatory duty of the State, not dependent on conviction of the accused.

The judgment concerns four criminal appeals (Criminal Appeal Nos. 991, 992, 331, and 854 of 2011) heard together by the Bombay High Court. The appeals...

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Bombay High Court Hears Confirmation Case and Appeal of Police Naik in Mass Killing Incident — Review of Death Sentence Under Section 302 IPC. Court Examines Whether Firing by SRPF Officer at Village Keshori Resulting in Five Deaths Constitutes Offence Punishable with Capital Punishment.

The matter concerned a confirmation case and criminal appeal arising from the judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Bhandara, which convicted and...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Dismissal of Bus Conductor in MSRTC Misappropriation Case. Labour Court's refusal to interfere with punishment of dismissal for collecting Rs.14/- but issuing Rs.5/- ticket and having cash excess of Rs.11/- is confirmed as not perverse.

The petitioner, Rohidas Premchand Bhagat, was employed as a bus conductor with the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) since 1 Novemb...

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Daughter's Murder Case — Motive of Inter-Caste Marriage Not Sufficient for 'Rarest of Rare' Tag. The Court upheld conviction under Sections 302, 316, and 364 IPC but modified sentence to life imprisonment for 25 years without remission.

The Supreme Court heard an appeal against the conviction and death sentence of Eknath Kisan Kumbharkar for the murder of his pregnant daughter, Pramil...