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Bombay High Court Allows Quashing of POCSO Case on Compromise — Court Holds That When Victim Attains Majority and Parties Settle, Continuation of Prosecution Is Abuse of Process.

The petitioner, Faizal Salim Shaikh, was accused in Final Report No. 55 of 2019 arising out of C.R. No. 0105 of 2019 registered at Koregaon Park Polic...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Police Constable for Murder Inside Police Station — Self-Defence Plea Rejected. Appellant's claim of accidental firing during scuffle found inconsistent with eyewitness accounts and ballistic evidence under Sections 302 and 307 IPC.

The appellant, a police constable, was convicted under Sections 302 and 307 IPC for murdering the deceased and injuring PW-2 inside a police station i...

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High Court of Karnataka Hears Criminal Petition to Quash Charges in Dog Accident Case. Accused Argues Offences Under IPC and Motor Vehicles Act Not Attracted Due to Lack of Mens Rea and Accident on Public Road.

The petitioner, the driver of a Fortuner SUV, filed a criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking to quash the...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellant, Kiran Sebastiyan @ Kiran, was convicted by the II Additional District and Sessions Judge, Tumakuru, in S.C. No. 16/2016 for the offence...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Benefit of Doubt — Circumstantial Evidence Fails to Establish Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove chain of circumstances consistent only with guilt.

The appellant, Gangubai Kashinath Kamble, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, in Sessions Case No. 365/1994 for the murder of her hu...

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Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Triple Murder of Children in Revenge Killing. Conviction Based on Circumstantial Evidence Including Last Seen Theory, Motive, and Recovery of Bodies at Accused's Instance.

The appellant, Manoj Suryavanshi, was convicted for the abduction and murder of three minor children (Vijay, Ajay, and Sakshi) aged 8, 6, and 4 years,...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Allows Appeal in Murder Case Due to Procedural Irregularity in Mental Fitness Inquiry. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as trial proceeded without proper inquiry into appellant's unsoundness of mind under Section 328 CrPC.

The appellant, Maria @ Mariano Borges, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Mapusa, for the murder of his father Francisco Borges on 16.02....

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Bombay High Court Upholds Murder Conviction in Pepsi Refusal Case — Life Imprisonment Confirmed. Stone Attack on Unarmed Vendor Constitutes Murder Under Section 302 IPC as Intention to Cause Death Inferred from Repeated Blows on Vital Parts.

The appellant, Balaji Kishan Nagarwad, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Udgir, for the murder of Tukaram under Section 302 IPC and sent...