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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Petition for Missing Husband — No Custodial Detention Found. Court holds that habeas corpus is not maintainable when the alleged detenu is not in police custody and his whereabouts are unknown.

The petitioner, Usharani, filed a writ of habeas corpus under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to the police auth...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Police Inspector in Corruption Case Due to Lack of Sanction Under Section 19 of PC Act — Conviction Under Section 201 IPC Set Aside as No Independent Offence Established Without Proof of Main Offence

The appellant, M. Manjunath, a Police Inspector, was convicted by the Special Court, Mysore, for the offence under Section 201 of the Indian Penal Cod...

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Madras High Court Acquits Accused in Murder for Gain Case Due to Lack of Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Sections 302, 449, 380 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Chain of Circumstances.

The appellant, Chandrasekar, was convicted by the Fast Track Mahila Court, Dindigul, for the murder of a woman and for robbery. The prosecution allege...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Hears Appeal Against Conviction for Murder Under Section 302 IPC. The Appellant challenges the judgment dated 22.07.2016 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Pune in Sessions Case No.45 of 2015.

The appellant, Raju Kshatriya @ Raju Nepali @ Tapan Sarveshwar Das, filed Criminal Appeal No. 1253 of 2019 before the High Court of Judicature at Bomb...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by Accused in Dacoity Case, Converts Conviction to Section 411 IPC Based on Insufficient Presumption. Recovery of Stolen Cloth from Cloth Merchant Not Sufficient to Infer Participation in Dacoity Under Illustration (a) of Section 114 Evidence Act, 1872.

The case arose from a dacoity in which cloth, ornaments, and cash were stolen from a shop. The appellant, Sheo Nath, was a cloth merchant whose house ...

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Supreme Court Clarifies Tests for Determining Public Character of Temples in Dispute Over Temple Ownership. Factors Include Public Worship Rights, Contributions, and Management Consciousness; Architectural Appearance Not Decisive.

The Supreme Court, in this appeal arising from a Bombay High Court decree, examined the criteria for distinguishing a public temple from a private one...

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Convicted for Murder: Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence Illicit Relationship and Homicide: Chain of Circumstances Proves Guilt Beyond Doubt

This is a Supreme Court judgment in Uma & Anr. vs. State (Crl. A. No. 757 of 2015), where the appellants challenged the reversal of their acquitta...

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Supreme Court Considers Appeals Against Death Sentence in Bihar Family Burning Case Under IPC Sections 302/149. High Court Had Confirmed Conviction and Death Sentence for Three Accused; Supreme Court Examines Propriety of Sentence on Grounds of Non-Compliance with Section 354(3) CrPC.

Background: The case arose from a gruesome multiple murder where six members of a family were burnt alive in their house, and the informant survived w...

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Supreme Court Examines Culpability for BMW Hit-and-Run: State Appeals Against High Court's Reduction of Conviction from Section 304 Part II to Section 304A IPC. The Core Issue is Whether the Accused Had Knowledge of Likely Death to Attract the Graver Offence.

The case arose from a fatal motor accident involving a BMW car driven by the respondent, Sanjeev Nanda, on the night of 9/10 January 1999 in New Delhi...