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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Rape and Abetment to Suicide Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence. Conviction under Section 376 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Sexual Assault Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The judgment pertains to two criminal appeals filed by three appellants against their conviction by the District Judge-7 & Additional Sessions Judge, ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Murder Case Due to Unlawful Assembly and Common Objection Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Conviction under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to establish that the appellants shared the common object to commit murder.

The appellants were convicted by the Special Judge & Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur, in Special Case No. 19 of 2004 for the offence punishable unde...

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Supreme Court Quashes FIR in Rape Case Due to Consensual Relationship Over 10 Years. Long-Standing Relationship Without Complaint Indicates Consent, Not Rape Under Section 376 IPC.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by Mahesh Damu Khare against the order of the Bombay High Court which had dismissed his petition under Sect...

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High Court of Karnataka Reserved Judgment on Petition to Quash Rape Charges for Alleged False Promise of Marriage. Court Examined Whether Long-Term Consensual Relationship on Pretext of Marriage Could be Tried as Offence Under Section 376 IPC.

The matter arose from a criminal petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash the charge sheet in S.C. N...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Criminal Application for Quashing Summons in Security Guards Act Violation. Allegations Against Officers as Principal Employers Prima Facie Disclose Offence Under Clause 42 of Maharashtra Private Security Guards Scheme, 2002.

The matter arose from a criminal complaint filed by Inspector R.D. Khanorkar under the Maharashtra Private Security Guards (Regulation of Employment a...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Termination of District Commandant, Home Guards, for Misappropriation — Termination Simpliciter Under Contract Does Not Require Prior Hearing. Termination Order Upheld as Non-Stigmatic and Within Contractual Terms.

The petitioner, Prakash Balwantrao Dethe, was appointed as District Commandant, Home Guards, Yavatmal in 1986 and reappointed for a five-year term on ...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...