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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Concurrency of Sentences in Multiple Convictions for Theft and Forgery. Court holds that Section 427(1) CrPC does not mandate concurrency for distinct transactions and that the trial court's discretion to order consecutive sentences was justified.

The petitioner, Abidkhan @ Salman Mukhtar Khan Pathan, was convicted in three separate criminal cases (C.C. Nos.664/PW/2011, 665/PW/2011, and 666/PW/2...

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High Court Quashes State Government Order on Premature Release of Convict in Criminal Writ Petition - Order Under Section 433A CrPC Found Erroneous Due to Misapplication of Sentencing Guidelines and Supreme Court Directions.

The petitioner, a 65-year-old convict, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging an order dated 19th September ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Premature Release Petition of Life Convict in Dacoity and Murder Case — Holds That Conviction Under Unconstitutional Arms Act Provision Does Not Automatically Entitle Release, and That State's Rejection of Earlier Representation Was Valid

The petitioner, Rajan, a Sri Lankan refugee, was convicted for dacoity, murder (3 counts), attempt to murder (4 counts), and arms offences in connecti...

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Supreme Court Restores Three-Year Rigorous Imprisonment in Attempted Murder Case -- High Court's Sentence Modification Set Aside in IPC Sections 307, 326, 324 Case -- Compensation Enhanced to ₹2,00,000 for Victim's Family

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal challenging the High Court's modification of sentence in a case involving offences under Sections 307, 326 and 32...

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Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal in NDPS Act Case, Modifying Sentence on Double Punishment Grounds. Separate sentences for offences under Sections 20 and 25/29 from same transaction held impermissible, and fine cannot be cumulative when sentences run concurrently under Section 53 IPC.

The appeal arose from a conviction under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The appellant and a co-accused were intercepted dur...

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Bombay High Court Allows Concurrent Sentences for Two Theft Convictions Under Section 427 CrPC. Petitioner convicted under Section 379 IPC in two separate cases for theft, pleaded guilty, and sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment in each; High Court directs sentences to run concurrently.

The petitioner, Sanket Gupta, was convicted under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for theft in two separate criminal cases: Regular Crimina...

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Gujarat High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO and IPC Case Due to Inconsistent Victim Testimony and Lack of Medical Corroboration. Conviction under Sections 363, 366, 376 IPC and Sections 4, 6 POCSO Act set aside as prosecution failed to prove age and penetration beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellant, Naresh @ Lalo Rayaji Rathod, was convicted by the Special & Additional Sessions Judge, Bharuch in Special POCSO Case No. 56/2015 for of...