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Karnataka High Court Examines Challenge to Rejection of Mercy Petition in Death Penalty Case Arising from Conviction Under Struck-Down Section 303 IPC. The petitioner raised multiple supervening circumstances including inordinate delay, solitary confinement, and non-application of mind by the authorities.

The writ petitioner, a 70-year-old death row convict, challenged the rejection of his mercy petition by the President of India dated 04.01.2013, seeki...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Conviction for Murder of Pregnant Wife in Dowry-Related Killing. Dying Declaration and Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient to Sustain Conviction Under Section 302 IPC, But Conviction Under Section 316 IPC Set Aside for Lack of Proof of Quickening.

The appellant, Sudarshan Narayan Mengade, was convicted by the Sessions Court, Pune for the murder of his wife Sheetal and for causing the death of he...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Inconsistent Dying Declarations. Conviction under Sections 302 and 498-A IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The appellant, Rameshwar Gaikwad, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Aurangabad, for the murder of his wife Shobha by burning, under Sect...

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Bombay High Court Allows Quashing of FIR in Abetment to Suicide Case — No Proximate Link Between Alleged Acts and Suicide. FIR under Sections 306, 506 IPC Quashed as Allegations Did Not Disclose Instigation or Active Abetment by Applicant.

The applicant, Hafizur Rahman Sheikh, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing o...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Husband in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Lack of Proximate Link Between Cruelty and Suicide. Conviction Under Section 306 IPC Set Aside as Evidence of Instigation or Direct Involvement in Suicide Was Absent.

The appellant, Ramprakash @ Popat Govind Manohar, was the husband of the deceased Rekha, who committed suicide within a year of their marriage on 25 M...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Instigation. Conviction under Section 306 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Mens Rea or Direct Abetment.

The appellant, Sikander @ Gouruba, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, FTC-XIV, Bangalore City, for the offence punishable under Section 3...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Testimony of Sole Eyewitness and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 302 IPC for burning deceased with petrol set aside as dying declarations and circumstantial evidence failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

The Appellant, Madhav Bhairoba Shirfule, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for the murder of his nephew, Sanjay Nivrattir...