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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Identification and Lack of Corroboration. Benefit of Doubt Extended Where Sole Eyewitness Testimony Was Inconsistent and Medical Evidence Did Not Match Ocular Version Under Section 302 IPC.

The case pertains to the death of Mandeep Kumar on 21.10.2018 following an alleged attack by seven masked persons. The appellant, Sagar, was identifie...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Revision Petition Seeking Set-Off of Pre-Conviction Detention Against Sentence in Theft Case. Petitioners' claim for set-off under Section 428 CrPC rejected as they were in judicial custody in a different case during the relevant period.

The petitioners, accused in C.C.No.575/2015 for offences under Sections 457, 380 read with 34 IPC, were convicted and sentenced by the trial court on ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Convict's Parole for Medical Treatment of Wife and Mother-in-Law. Parole Granted for 45 Days with Conditions, Including Reporting to Police and Not Leaving Jurisdiction.

The petitioner, Aslam Salim Shaikh, a convict serving a life sentence at Yerwada Central Prison, Pune, filed a criminal writ petition seeking parole f...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Revision Petitions in Cheating Case — Conviction Under Section 420 IPC Upheld. Concurrent findings of fact regarding dishonest inducement and delivery of property in land sale transaction not interfered with.

The case involves three criminal revision petitions filed by the accused persons against their conviction under Section 420 read with Section 34 of th...

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Supreme Court Refers to Three-Judge Bench the Question Whether Quantity of Mixture or Pure Drug Content Determines Punishment Under NDPS Act. The Court Held That E. Micheal Raj Requires Reconsideration as It Omitted Note 2 of Notification and the Scheme of the Act Treating Preparations as a Whole.

The Supreme Court, in a reference arising from multiple appeals and writ petitions, considered the correctness of the decision in E. Micheal Raj v. In...

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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 read with Section 34 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove that accused abetted deceased's suicide.

The appeal arises from a judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the IV Additional Sessions Judge, Mysore in S.C. No. 87/2011 dated 24.03.2012, ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal Partly in Fatal Accident Case, Reduces Sentence for Rash Driving. Court holds that conviction under Section 304-A IPC without specific charge is valid if no prejudice, and reduces sentence to period already undergone for young driver with family.

The appellant, Rajkumar Dhunichand Sharma, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Osmanabad, for offences under Sections 307 and 304-A of the...