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The Supreme Court examined the Allahabad High Court’s extensive directions issued in the wake of the 1994 Uttarakhand agitation, which ordered massive compensation to victims, large fund allocations for regional development, and pre‑emptive rulings on the need for sanction under Section 197 of the …
Himmat Singh Chahar, a petty officer in the Indian Navy, was convicted by a Court Martial for outraging the modesty of a woman under Section 354 IPC and Section 77(2) of the Navy Act, receiving a nine‑month imprisonment and dismissal. He appealed to the Chief of Naval Staff and the Central …
The case involved a mercenary killing where the victim Ramu Somani survived and gave a statement to a magistrate, which the prosecution treated as a dying declaration. The Supreme Court held that because the declarant was alive, the statement could not be admitted under Section 32 of the Evidence …
The father, Bhagirath, and his two nephews were convicted by the Sessions Court for the murder of Bhagirath's blind son, Subhram, under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC. The High Court upheld the nephews' convictions but acquitted Bhagirath, invoking a "benefit of doubt" despite reliable …
The case concerns the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by a human bomb at Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991, orchestrated by the LTTE. The Supreme Court heard appeals from 26 accused convicted by a Designated Court under TADA and IPC, along with a death reference. The Court …
Jai Kumar was convicted for the brutal murder of his pregnant sister‑in‑law and his eight‑year‑old niece, whom he killed after attempting to rape the former and then dismembering and displaying the bodies. The Sessions Court sentenced him to death under IPC 302 (with a concurrent seven‑year term …
Arvind @ Pappu (appellant) killed his co‑villager Ajaib Singh (deceased) by luring him with a promised job, taking him to his tailoring factory, and leaving him alone on a cutter's table where he was later found dead with a neck wound, scissors and blood stains. The prosecution relied solely on …
The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998, particularly Section 5 which allows a State to prohibit the sale of lottery tickets organised by any other State. The Court held that State‑run lotteries remain gambling and cannot be classified as …
Surindra Nath Mohanty and another were convicted under Sections 307, 326, 325, 324 and 323 read with Section 34 of the IPC. The Orissa High Court set aside the conviction under Section 307 but upheld the others, rejecting the appellants' request to compound the offences on the ground that the …
The State of Haryana appealed against the Punjab & Haryana High Court’s acquittal of five of eight accused in a murder case involving Tek Singh and Gurdev Singh. The Sessions Court had convicted all eight under Sections 148, 149, 302 and 449 IPC based on eye‑witness testimony, medical reports and …
The appellant was accused of throwing bombs that injured a shopkeeper and caused the deaths of two persons. His name did not appear in the FIR or in the initial police statements recorded under Section 161 of the CrPC, but was later added during trial. The prosecution’s case relied on three …
Six men were tried for assaulting and killing Raju amid a political rivalry. The prosecution alleged that the accused formed an unlawful assembly and, using various weapons, repeatedly struck the victim, leading to his death. Eye‑witness testimony of the victim's parents identified A1 as wielding a …
The appellant, Sikander (Mohammad Shafiq), was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for stabbing his step‑mother Zohra Bi and step‑sister Guizar to death during a family property dispute. He appealed, contending that the killings occurred in a sudden fight and heat of passion, …
Ten persons were tried for forming an unlawful assembly and murdering Mahipal. The trial court convicted six, of whom the High Court upheld convictions of Suresh Singh and Mohinder Singh under s.302 IPC and of Chander Pal under s.304(1) IPC. The appellants argued that they acted in private defence …
The husband filed a petition for divorce on the grounds of mental cruelty and desertion, alleging that his wife removed and threw her mangalsutra, preserved copies of letters she had written to him, and sought the intervention of the Women Protection Cell under IPC 498A. The trial court granted …
The case arose from a long‑standing rivalry between two neighbouring families over stone slabs that blocked drainage. On 5 October 1984, after a morning altercation in which the appellant's faction slapped the deceased's father, the deceased Natarajan and his brother either pursued the appellant …
K. Ramakrishnan Unnithan was charged with offences arising from a violent altercation that culminated in the stabbing death of Kesava Pillai, the father of a witness. The trial court acquitted him, finding the prosecution had not proved the case beyond reasonable doubt. The Kerala High Court …
The appellant, a Tehsildar, was ordered by the District Collector to recover lease money from the respondent and, after issuing a demand notice, seized the respondent's scooter when the latter objected to the demand. The scooter was auctioned and the respondent filed a complaint under IPC s.379 …
The appellants, Dharampal and his brother Nirmal, murdered five members of the family of Punam, a witness who had testified against Dharampal in a prior rape case. After being granted bail following his conviction for rape, Dharampal, who had previously threatened to kill anyone giving evidence, …
The State of Himachal Pradesh appealed the acquittal of Jeet Singh, who had been convicted by a Sessions Court for murdering his wife Sudarshana Devi under IPC 302. The High Court had set aside the conviction, deeming the death a suicide and rejecting incriminating evidence recovered under Section …
Rajesh Bajaj, a garment exporter, filed a complaint alleging that a German buyer promised payment on receipt of invoices but paid only a part of the amount and later reneged on a further promise. The complaint invoked Sections 415 and 420 of the IPC, and the FIR was subsequently quashed by the Delhi …
Jiwan Dass and Mittar Pal Yadav, employees of the Government Heat Treatment Centre, were authorized to procure 10,000 litres of light diesel oil from Indian Oil Corporation. The diesel delivered was short by 4,300 litres. The prosecution charged both under Section 409 of the IPC for criminal breach …
Om Prakash, a 23‑year‑old BSF constable, was convicted of murdering seven members of a rival family in a pre‑meditated attack stemming from a long‑standing land dispute. The trial court sentenced him to death, which the High Court upheld. On appeal, the Supreme Court examined whether the case …
Ranjit Singh, a stenographer of a High Court judge, forged a bail order that was never signed by the judge to obtain bail for an accused. He was convicted under IPC Sections 466 and 468 for making a false document and for forgery of a court record, while the Sessions Court granted him probation …
On July 23, 1996 a FIR was lodged under IPC sections 366A, 372, 376 and 344 r/w 34 and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act based on a victim's detailed statement of exploitation and sexual assault. Five influential accused filed writ petitions in the Kerala High Court seeking quashing of the FIR, …
The appellants, Vijayan and Sadanandan, were convicted by the Kerala High Court for murder and conspiracy under Sections 302 and 120B IPC based largely on circumstantial evidence, identification testimony, a dying declaration, and bullets recovered from the second accused's house. The Supreme Court …
The accused, an employee of Western India Plywoods, was convicted by a Judicial Magistrate and affirmed by an Additional Sessions Judge for offences under IPC sections 408, 468 and 477A, involving misappropriation of empty barrels and forgery of documents. He filed a revision before the Kerala High …
The complainant alleged that the accused had made a false complaint to a Treasury Officer, accusing him of being drunk and abusive, thereby invoking criminal defamation provisions. The magistrate, after directing an inquiry under Section 202 of the CrPC, issued summons against the accused. The …
Six accused were tried for murder (IPC s.302). The Sessions Court acquitted them, but the High Court on appeal convicted one under s.304(II), another under s.325 and the remaining four under s.325 read with s.149, even though the trial court had not framed a charge under s.149. The appellants …
Mohan Singh and Kailash Singh were convicted of murder under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC, with Mohan Singh also convicted under the Arms Act. They appealed, challenging the post‑mortem finding of blackening under the wound, the reliability of eyewitness identification in low light, …
The appeal involved two convicted persons: the first under Section 326 of the IPC (a non‑compoundable offence) and the second under Section 324 IPC (compoundable with court permission). Both parties sought to compound the offences after reaching a settlement. The Supreme Court held that Section …
The Supreme Court examined a murder case where Sanjiv Kumar was seen entering and exiting the victim's house with a knife, was found with blood‑stained clothes, and a knife bearing human blood was recovered from his residence. The prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence, including the recovery …
The deceased Sambhu Yadav was attacked by three accused and, while gravely injured but conscious, gave a statement to witnesses and a police Sub‑Inspector that identified Paras Yadav as the one who stabbed him. The Sub‑Inspector recorded this statement as a routine FIR, not expressly as a dying …
The respondent, S.C. Shah, an Assistant Food Controller (Class II) in Gujarat, was accused of issuing bogus cement permits and fabricating a government stamp, leading to his suspension and two FIRs under the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act. A Review Committee was convened …
The appellant Kashiram and six others were charged with murder and related offences for allegedly forming an unlawful assembly and shooting Gorelal on 29 December 1986, also injuring four witnesses. The trial court acquitted all accused, but the Madhya Pradesh High Court reversed the acquittal of …
Vimal Singh was tried for murder under Section 302 IPC for allegedly stabbing Vijay Singh with a knife. The trial court acquitted him, finding the prosecution had not proved the charge beyond reasonable doubt. The complainant, Khuman Singh, filed a revision petition; the Madhya Pradesh High Court …
The Supreme Court examined whether prisoners sentenced to rigorous imprisonment may be compelled to perform hard labour without consent and what wages they are entitled to under Article 23 of the Constitution. It held that such labour is lawful as it serves a public purpose of reform and …
The appellant, a doctor who tested HIV‑positive, had his status disclosed by Hospital Z when he was about to marry Ms. Y, leading to social ostracism. He filed a consumer complaint seeking damages for breach of medical confidentiality and violation of his right to privacy under Article 21. The …
The case arose from a gang‑related shoot‑out at J.J. Hospital in 1992 that resulted in the death of Shailesh Haldankar and injuries to several persons. The appellants, Suresh Budharmal Kalani and Dr. Aken Kumar Gajendra Rai Desai, were charged under Sections 3(3) and 3(4) of the Terrorist and …
The appellants were convicted of murder under Sections 302/149 IPC for the killing of Munnabhai, but the Madhya Pradesh High Court Division Bench was split on the convictions of seven of them. The matter was referred to a third judge under Section 392 of the CrPC, who refused to revisit the …
The tenant, Mohan Singh, obtained two successive permissions for a limited tenancy under Section 21 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958. After the second limited period expired, the landlord sought possession and the tenant alleged that the second permission was procured by fraud and that he was …
The appellants, members of a family that had a long-standing feud with their neighbours, entered the victims' house on 26 October 1989 and murdered four persons, including a five‑year‑old child, using weapons such as kulhari and hansia. The trial court and the Allahabad High Court convicted them …
The State of Rajasthan appealed the Rajasthan High Court’s judgment that acquitted five accused of murder (Sec. 302 IPC) on the ground of private defence and convicted them only under lesser offences. The incident involved a dispute over agricultural land where the accused were found ploughing the …
The State of Andhra Pradesh prosecuted twenty‑one accused for a night‑time raid on the house of Gankidi Mohan Reddy that resulted in his murder. The trial court convicted eleven of them under Sections 148, 302 read with 149 IPC and related offences; the High Court set aside the convictions of six …
The case arose from a criminal proceeding for the abduction and murder of an advocate and his family. The CBI, after a Supreme Court direction, filed a charge‑sheet against the appellant SI Avindervir Singh and three other police officers for offences under Sections 193, 194, 211 and 218 IPC, …
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against Raj Kumar Jain, a junior engineer, but after investigation found no prima facie case and submitted a report under Section 173(2) of the CrPC seeking closure. The Special Judge refused to accept …
The case arose from a bomb attack on a police lock‑up in Mumbai where a detainee was killed. Police constable PW‑2 identified two accused, Vijay and Keshya, as miscreants, but his statement did not contain their surnames. The FIR later listed full names, and the accused were arrested, photographed …
Kavita was accused of throwing her two children into a well and then jumping in, after which she allegedly made an extra‑judicial confession to three villagers that she could no longer endure her husband's torture. The trial court and the Madras High Court convicted her of murder (Sec. 302 IPC) and …
The case concerned the murder of Chander Yadav, who was chased by a large group, forced into a small room, assaulted, and his body dragged away. The trial court convicted the accused under sections 326 and 325 read with 149 IPC, sentencing them to eight years, while the High Court set aside those …
The case involved six police officers who were convicted under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC for the killing of three civilians in a purported police encounter. The prosecution relied solely on circumstantial evidence, chiefly the testimony of two constables (PW 7 and PW 8), forensic reports and …
The appellants conspired to kidnap a ten‑year‑old boy and demand a ransom of Rs 5 lakhs. After abducting the child, Mohan and Gopi administered poison, tied the boy’s limbs and neck, and strangled him, later disposing of the body in a TV box placed in a well. All four accused – Mohan, Gopi, Muthu …
On 21 April 1983, members of a rival trade union threw bombs at an industrial estate in Kerala, killing Nanukuttan and injuring several others. The trial court acquitted all twenty‑two accused, but the State appealed against the acquittal of three accused (A‑1 to A‑3). The Kerala High Court, on …
Kamla Prasad Singh filed a complaint alleging that police officers raided his house without a warrant, assaulted his wife, abused occupants and seized his property. The Chief Judicial Magistrate, after an inquiry under Section 202 of the CrPC, found that the raid was conducted under a valid warrant …
Mohd. Zahid was arrested by ISBT police on 8 March 1990 and charged under TADA for possessing three country‑made pistols and twelve cartridges. He contended that he had actually been detained on 6 March 1990, that no weapons were seized, and his father filed a complaint with the magistrate. The …
The appellants were convicted under TADA and the IPC for the murder of a police constable during the 1992 Bombay riots, based primarily on the in‑court identification by two constable witnesses. The trial court had rejected the identification parade evidence, finding a strong possibility that the …
The Supreme Court examined whether officers of public sector undertakings and government companies, which may be deemed "State" under Article 12 because of deep governmental control, fall within the definition of "public servant" for the purposes of Section 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). …
The Supreme Court considered two appeals: one under Section 409 IPC where the appellant sought discharge under Section 167(5) of the CrPC after the two‑year investigation period expired, and another under Section 7(1)(a)(ii) of the Essential Commodities Act concerning the limitation bar under …
Govindasami was accused of murdering his uncle Nagamalai, the latter's wife, two sons and a daughter in May 1984. The prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence: a land‑dispute motive, a wrist‑watch recovered from the crime scene that belonged to the accused, a blood‑stained lungi and a …
The appellant, a police officer, was convicted under IPC s.302 for allegedly setting his wife on fire and under s.377 for sodomy. The sole evidence of his guilt was the victim's dying declaration recorded by a Judicial Magistrate, which the defence argued was inadmissible because it was not in …
The State of Uttar Pradesh appealed the acquittal of Harban Sahai and others, who had been convicted for murder under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC. The High Court had set aside the trial court's findings on the basis of alleged inconsistencies between the FIR and eyewitness testimony, …
The Supreme Court examined whether Members of Parliament (MPs) could claim immunity under Article 105(2) of the Constitution for offences of offering or accepting bribes to influence their speech or vote in Parliament, and whether they fall within the definition of "public servant" under the …
The appellants were convicted under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (TADA) and several sections of the Indian Penal Code for setting fire to a Hindu house after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, resulting in multiple deaths. The Supreme Court examined whether the act …
The State of U.P. appealed the acquittal of Sikandar Ali and others, who had been convicted by a trial court for the murder of two brothers‑in‑law, Shamsher Singh and Ramji Tripathi, based on the testimony of two eye‑witnesses (PW‑1 and PW‑2) recorded in the FIR within an hour of the incident. The …
Hyderabad Vanaspathi Ltd. entered into two high‑tension electricity supply agreements with the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board (APSEB). After the Board discovered alleged pilferage, it disconnected supply and made a provisional and then a final assessment of loss under Clause 39 of the …
The case concerned the murder of reporter Sasidharan Nair, for which three appellants (George @ Vakkachan, Rajeev and Joshy) were charged. The trial court acquitted all accused, rejecting the eye‑witness testimony of the deceased's mother (PW3) and the dying declaration, and relying on a hostile …
The appellants were convicted of murder, robbery and rape for the killings of a family in Pune in July 1992. They challenged the admissibility of witness identifications made for the first time in court without a test identification parade, the legality of the search and seizure of articles, and the …
The appellants, Shiv Prakash Pandey (A‑1) and Shobhit Chamar (A‑2), were convicted under IPC Sections 302, 149, 380 and 460 and under Section 27 of the Arms Act for the murder of six male members of a family, including two children, during a dacoity in Rohtas district, Bihar. They challenged the …
The case involved six accused who attacked and killed Buchi Reddi with knives, spears and an axe. The trial court convicted all of them under Sections 148 and 302 IPC, and also under Sections 307, 326 and 324 IPC. The High Court set aside the convictions of four accused, reasoning that the FIR did …
The State of Gujarat filed a criminal appeal against Dilipbhai Nathjibhai Patel challenging a High Court order that a prior hearing was required before granting sanction for prosecution under Section 147(1)(d) of the Gujarat Cooperative Societies Act. The appellant had obtained sanction from the …
The appellant, Raja Yan, was married to Sanalkumari who later committed suicide. The prosecution alleged that the appellant repeatedly demanded dowry before and after the marriage, leading to mental and physical cruelty that caused her death. The trial court acquitted the appellant, but the Kerala …
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) relied on two spiral notebooks and related documents recovered from J.K. Jain's premises to charge politicians V.C. Shukla and L.K. Advani, alleging they received bribes through a hawala scheme. The Supreme Court examined whether the notebooks qualified as …
The State of Andhra Pradesh prosecuted six accused for the murder of Cherukuri Kalidas, alleging that they entered his bedroom at night armed with deadly weapons and killed him, with the assault witnessed by his wife and relatives. The trial court convicted five of the accused under Section 302 read …
The accused brothers were charged under IPC sections 302, 307, 324 read with Section 34 for allegedly attacking complainants while digging a khal. The trial and High Courts relied on the testimony of PW‑7 and PW‑8 and rejected the patwari’s (PW‑10) evidence, convicting the accused. On appeal, the …
Pammi (Brijendra Singh) and accomplices, armed, went to the house of PW‑5 to settle a business dispute. The three deceased arrived to pacify the situation, leading to a heated altercation during which Pammi and the others opened fire, killing all three. Pammi pleaded private defence, claiming the …
The husband, Lakhmi, was alleged to have killed his young wife by striking her head with a spade (phali) and a blunt instrument (kunda). Several eyewitnesses saw the assault, and the accused, when examined under Section 313 of the CrPC, admitted killing his wife with a kunda, denying the use of the …
Pawan Kumar (husband) and his parents-in‑law were convicted for the death of his wife, Urmil, who died from severe burns within seven years of marriage. The prosecution alleged that the husband and his relatives repeatedly demanded a scooter and refrigerator as dowry, subjected the wife to mental …
The appellants, Sheikh Abdul Hamid and Ashiq Ali, were convicted under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC for the murder of a woman, her daughter and infant son whose bodies were exhumed from a locked inner room of a dhaba where the accused lived. The prosecution relied solely on circumstantial …
The appellants forged a certified copy of a Jamabandi (Rent Roll) and introduced it in a court of Executive Magistrate during proceedings under Section 145 of the CrPC. A complaint alleging forgery offences (IPC §§ 468, 469, 471) was filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, who forwarded it to …
The appellant, a sepoy in the Indian Army, was accused of murdering his wife whose headless, highly decomposed body was found in a well. He made a voluntary extra‑judicial confession to military officers admitting to strangling his wife, and later, at his suggestion, the police recovered the …
The State of Punjab appealed against the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order quashing an FIR that alleged offences under Sections 419, 420, 467 and 468 IPC committed during civil proceedings. The High Court had held that Section 195(1)(b)(ii) of the Criminal Procedure Code barred police …
The uncle (complainant) entrusted his 1,200 shares of Great Eastern Shipping Co. to his nephew (appellant) for sale and to remit the proceeds. The nephew sold the shares between December 1991 and January 1992, kept the Rs.1,10,000 sale proceeds and failed to pay the complainant, leading to a …
Harichand was convicted under Section 408 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine. The Sessions Court upheld the conviction but set aside the sentence, releasing him on probation under Section 4(1) of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958. Because of the …
Hindustan Times Ltd., the employer, delayed remitting Employees' Provident Fund contributions for several periods between 1965 and 1968. The Department issued a notice in 1971 and, after a long lapse, a show‑cause notice in 1979, finally levying damages under Section 14‑B of the Employees' Provident …
Associated Cement Company Ltd. filed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act against Kesvanand. The magistrate examined the company’s authorized representative, Puneet Aggarwal, on oath, but on two consecutive dates the representative was absent and the magistrate acquitted …
In M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Writ Petition (C) No.13029 of 1985), the Supreme Court issued comprehensive directions under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the Motor Vehicles Rules, 1993 to improve road safety and curb environmental pollution. The Court ordered verification of all commercial …
The State appealed the acquittal of Revenue Inspector Zakaullah, who was convicted by a trial court for taking a Rs 400 bribe under IPC Sec 161 and the Prevention of Corruption Act Sec 5(2). The bribe was given by Satpal Singh (PW‑5) after a trap was arranged by the Anti‑Corruption Bureau, and the …
The appellant, Mahendra Singh, received Rs.3,000 from a guest house manager after two police officers, Uttamrao Baburao Raut and Abdul Kadar, demanded the money as gratification to drop a criminal case. The prosecution alleged that the appellant was part of a corrupt arrangement and convicted him …
The case involved a riotous mob that surrounded the house of PW‑7 and chased the deceased RSS leader Vishwanathan to another house where he was killed. The five appellants, sympathisers of the CPM, were part of the mob but the prosecution could not prove that they pursued the deceased to the house …
The Nilgiris Bar Association filed a petition against T.K. Mahalingam, who had fraudulently enrolled as a member of the Bar and practiced as an advocate for eight years, committing offences under Sections 419 and 420 IPC. Mahalingam was released by a magistrate under Section 4(1) of the Probation of …
A pregnant housewife fell from the fourth floor of her apartment and died. The prosecution alleged that the husband, his brother (A‑2 Suresh) and two employees conspired to murder her; the husband was abroad. The only direct evidence was the testimony of an approver (PW‑1) who confessed and …
Kasam Abdulla Hafiz, a former assistant public prosecutor, was charged with murder (Sec. 302 IPC) and attempt to murder (Sec. 307 IPC) after he allegedly threw a brick and stabbed Manohar Deshmukh, the father of a colleague, resulting in Deshmukh's death, and also injured Sanjay Patil. The Sessions …
The appellants, senior officers of Tata Tea Company, were alleged to have negotiated with ULFA militants and funded their activities, leading to an FIR under IPC sections 120‑B, 121, 121‑A, 122 and UAPA sections 10 and 13. Anticipatory bail applications were filed under CrPC section 438; the Bombay …
P. Muniappan, an assistant professor, was charged with murdering his wife Nagammal after she was found hanging in their kitchen with burn injuries and signs of struggle. The prosecution relied on extensive circumstantial evidence—Muniappan's motive to obtain a divorce and a second marriage, his …
The Supreme Court allowed the State of Rajasthan's appeal against a single High Court judge, Justice Shethna, who, while hearing a criminal revision petition, improperly called for the record of a writ petition already disposed of by a Division Bench, made intemperate allegations against the Chief …
The State of Madhya Pradesh appealed against the Madhya Pradesh High Court's acquittal of Udai Singh, who had been convicted by the trial court for the murder of three women and the attempted murder of a fourth under IPC sections 302 and 307. The Supreme Court examined whether the eyewitness …
The President of Jalgaon Municipality filed a criminal complaint against four senior government officials who, while preventing the demolition of an illegal encroachment, assaulted him and others. The trial court issued process against three respondents but discharged the fourth for lack of sanction …
The appellant was convicted of murder under Section 302 IPC for allegedly pouring kerosene on his wife and setting her on fire. The victim survived for about twenty days after the incident, during which she gave two statements to a police Sub‑Inspector and a magistrate accusing her husband. The …
Police officers were accused of murdering a man identified as Kantuji Mohan Singh after beating him during interrogation at a police station. The prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence, including the discovery of a decomposed body in a jungle and identification of the body by relatives based …
The appellants, four accused, were alleged to have conspired to murder Merli and her two children by administering potassium cyanide. The prosecution relied on extensive circumstantial evidence, including the accused's movements, fingerprint on a glass, forensic laboratory report, medical …
Selvaraj, one of four brothers, stabbed his brother Dasan and another relative during a family property dispute. Three eye‑witnesses (PW1, PW5, PW6) testified to the incident, and a post‑mortem report showed a fatal chest wound and evisceration. The trial court acquitted Selvaraj, but the Madras …
The accused Mahendra Singh and five others were convicted by the trial court for murder, attempted murder and rioting under Sections 148, 302/149 and 307/149 IPC based on the testimony of three eye‑witnesses. The Allahabad High Court set aside the convictions, holding that the prosecution had not …
Sureendra Narain (Munna Pandey) was convicted of murder under IPC s.302 for shooting Shree Prakash in a rickshaw. The prosecution relied on three eye‑witnesses who named the accused in the FIR, and the accused surrendered later and sought a test identification parade, which was ordered by the …
The appellant, an armed constable of the Special Reserve Police, shot and killed his immediate superior, a Head Constable, at the Khampla Dam site, claiming he was discharging his patrol duties and feared a miscreant would set fire to a tower. The trial court acquitted him on the basis of reasonable …
The appellants were convicted for murder and related offences under Sections 302, 149 and 148 of the IPC for the killing of Ram Naresh Choubey in 1978. They later claimed that they were children at the time of the offence and sought the benefit of the Bihar Children Act, 1970/1982 and the Juvenile …
The appellants were convicted under Section 302 read with Section 149 of the IPC for the murder of Babar Ali, based primarily on the testimony of six eye‑witnesses who were relatives of the deceased. The appellants challenged the admissibility of those witnesses, argued that no specific allegation …
The State of Uttar Pradesh prosecuted Bhoora and Vishram Singh for dacoity with murder under IPC sections 396 and 34. Four eye‑witnesses testified that they saw the accused, identifiable by the colour of their khaki uniforms and hats, under the illumination of two electric poles during the incident. …
An armed group stopped a bus at gunpoint, attempted to drag out the conductor Ram Babu, and shot him, resulting in his death. The prosecution relied on the testimony of an eye‑witness, Kedarnath, corroborated by a police informant, to convict the principal shooter (A‑1) under Section 302 IPC and the …
The case involved a mass murder in which 24 persons were accused of killing five members of a family, including the brutal decapitation of three victims and the burning alive of a ten‑year‑old boy, allegedly as revenge for the earlier murder of A‑1's brother. The prosecution relied on two …
Three brothers—Raj Mohammad, Niaz Ali and Gulzar Ali—were convicted for the murder of Tara Chand, a factotum of Jai Paul, based on circumstantial evidence, letters showing motive, and recovered weapons. The prosecution relied on letters seized from the accused, expert handwriting analysis, and …
The case involved a dacoity and murder where five accused were committed to the Sessions Court; one accused, MR, was granted pardon by the Chief Judicial Magistrate after commitment and examined as an approver. The Supreme Court held that after a case is committed to a Sessions Court, only that …
Ashim Kumar Roy, a trade‑union secretary, filed a criminal complaint alleging that Bipinbhai Vadilal Mehta and his son conspired to commit criminal breach of trust and conspiracy (IPC §§120‑B, 409) and violated Section 77 of the Companies Act by diverting company funds to acquire control of Sayaji …
The appellants were convicted under IPC sections 302 and 201 for the murder of Deosharan, a notorious villager, based primarily on the testimony of four eye‑witnesses who claimed to have heard a disturbance and seen the assault. During cross‑examination the witnesses admitted they did not actually …
The State of Andhra Pradesh prosecuted Bimal Krishna Kundu and his son for conspiring to leak Public Service Commission examination question papers, alleging they used dummy firms to obtain printing contracts and printed the papers at their own press. Despite being blacklisted in 1994, the alleged …
The appellants Sukhbir Singh and others were initially charged under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) and tried by a designated TADA court. The designated judge held that no offence under TADA was made out and, relying on a Punjab and Haryana High Court decision, …
The State of Punjab appealed against the acquittal of Hari Kishan and his brothers, who were originally convicted for the murder of Jai Rani under Sections 302 and 201 IPC. The prosecution alleged that the accused demanded dowry, ill‑treated the victim and strangled her, relying on circumstantial …
The case arose from a mob of about 200 armed persons who attacked labourers transplanting paddy on a field, resulting in the deaths of Razaullah and Ahmed Shah. The trial court convicted all accused under Sections 302/149 and 302/34 IPC; the High Court set aside the 302/149 convictions but upheld …
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) complained that a candidate had used unfair means in the Indian Forest Service examination and asked the CBI to investigate. The CBI filed a closure report under Section 173 of the CrPC, but failed to give the UPSC proper notice of its right to object. The …
The accused Rajendra Jawanmal Gandhi was charged with raping an eight‑year‑old girl. The trial court convicted him under Section 376 IPC and sentenced him to seven years' rigorous imprisonment. The Bombay High Court set aside the rape conviction, finding only an attempt and convicting him under …
M.V. Chauhan, a Divisional Accountant, was caught in a trap involving anthracene‑treated currency notes and was prosecuted under Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and Section 161 IPC. The Gujarat High Court, on a writ petition, directed the Secretary of the Vigilance Commission …
Ten persons attacked a bullock‑cart carrying the complainant party; one victim, Bhura, died and another, Badri, was injured. Five of the accused (the appellants) were convicted by the trial court and the High Court under Section 302 (murder) and Section 148 IPC. On appeal, the Supreme Court examined …
The appellant, Ajit Savant Majagavi, was charged with murdering his wife, Padmavathi, and was acquitted by the Sessions Court on the ground that the prosecution failed to prove his presence at the lodge where the death occurred and that key witnesses had turned hostile. The State appealed under …
The Supreme Court entertained a class-action writ petition filed by Vishaka and NGOs seeking enforcement of the fundamental rights of working women under Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution, prompted by a gang‑rape incident in Rajasthan. The Court held that sexual harassment of women in …
The appellant, an army jawan, was charged under Section 376 IPC for raping a minor girl. The Sessions Court, after hearing the doctor, the victim and her parents, concluded that rape had occurred but found no reliable evidence linking the appellant to the crime and acquitted him. The State appealed, …
Nine persons, including Atmaram Zingaraji, were charged with rioting, unlawful assembly, murder and wrongful restraint for an incident on 5 June 1987. The trial court acquitted all, but the High Court set aside the acquittal of the appellant, convicting him under Section 302 IPC (simpliciter) and …
The case involved a politically motivated murder of Nalluri Thirupathaiah in the office of a revenue officer on 26 February 1988. Seven appellants were alleged to have formed an unlawful assembly, entered the office armed, and killed the deceased with axes and knives. The trial court acquitted them, …
Bilal Ahmad Kaloo, a Kashmiri youth and member of the militant outfit Al‑Jehad, was arrested in Hyderabad for allegedly spreading communal hatred among Muslims and possessing a revolver and cartridges. The Designated Court under TADA acquitted him of TADA offences but convicted him under IPC …
Madan Lal, a school headmaster, was charged under Sections 376/511 IPC for attempting to rape a 13‑year‑old student who he allegedly detained at his residence and forced to sexual intercourse. The trial court acquitted him, finding the victim’s testimony unreliable, the medical report inconclusive, …
Sahib Singh was convicted under the IPC and TADA for the murder of Om Prakash based on the testimony of three brothers—sons of the deceased—and a confession recorded under Section 15 of the TADA Act. The Supreme Court examined whether relatives of the deceased are competent witnesses, the effect of …
The case involved a cultural show organized by a minister where invitation letters on the minister's letterhead were forged. The appellant delivered the forged letters to the invitees but did not forge them himself. He was convicted by the High Court under IPC sections 417 (cheating), 465 (forgery), …
Madhu Bala filed two complaints alleging offences under Sections 498A and 406 IPC before Chief Judicial Magistrates. The magistrates, invoking Section 156(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, directed the police to register a case and investigate; the police registered FIRs, investigated, and …
The State of Gujarat appealed the acquittal of Anirudhsing Mahipatsingh Jadeja (Accused No.1) and Nilesh Kumar (Accused No.2) for the murder of MLA Popatbhai Sorathiya during an Independence Day ceremony. The trial court had held that the prosecution failed to prove the accused's presence, the …
The Supreme Court examined an appeal against the acquittal of twelve students charged under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act for the murder of Jasbir Singh and grievous hurt to Sumer Singh during a campus political clash. The Court held that a four‑hour delay in lodging the …
The appellant, a practising doctor, was accused of murdering his wife, Madhu Bala, who was found dead hanging in their residence with a dupatta around her neck and her legs tied to a cot. Post‑mortem and chemical examination revealed ante‑mortem injuries and the presence of a lethal dose of …
The appellant, Tanviben Pankaj Kumar Divetia, was convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC for the murder of her mother‑in‑law, based solely on circumstantial evidence. The conviction was upheld by a third judge of the Gujarat High Court after a division bench was split, and the …
The State of U.P. appealed the Allahabad High Court’s acquittal of four accused who had been convicted for the murder of Shanker Lal under IPC sections 302 and 34. The High Court had set aside the trial court’s conviction, relying on an inquest report under Section 174 CrPC that omitted mention of a …
Krishan, already serving life imprisonment for a prior murder, was convicted of murdering his brother‑in‑law Ranbir inside District Jail, Sonepat, using a spade. The trial court sentenced him to death, a decision affirmed by the High Court. On appeal, the Supreme Court examined whether the death …
Smt. Sujata Mukherjee filed a criminal complaint under Sections 498A, 506 and 323 IPC alleging dowry demand, maltreatment and assault by her husband and his family. The alleged offences occurred at Raigarh (in‑laws' residence) and also at Raipur where the husband allegedly assaulted her. The husband …
Daulat Ram, a Punjab police constable, was convicted of murdering a 25‑year‑old man, Narinder Singh, under Section 302 IPC read with Section 27 of the Arms Act. The prosecution relied on two alleged eyewitnesses, the victim's uncle and a companion, and asserted that the killing occurred at 2 p.m., …
The victim Ramdeo Yadav was attacked and killed with sharp-edged weapons while sleeping in a field; his son Gajendra (PW 8) witnessed the assault using a torchlight. The Sessions Court convicted all fourteen accused based on eyewitness testimony, but the Patna High Court upheld convictions only …
The case concerned a violent incident on 22 September 1990 in which five accused formed an unlawful assembly and attacked two victims, resulting in the deaths of Mohan and Sekhar. The prosecution charged the accused under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including murder (302) and …
The appellant was tried before the Sessions Court for uxoricide and was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murder. On appeal, the Andhra Pradesh High Court set aside the murder conviction and, invoking Section 222 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, convicted him instead under …
On 6 March 1977, the deceased Sukhuwa and his relatives were returning from a festival when the accused, armed with lathis, suddenly attacked him on the head and other vital parts, causing injuries that led to his death. The trial court convicted the accused under Section 302 read with Section 34 of …
A dispute over land allotment between the Vankar community and Harijans in Gujarat escalated into a riot involving a mob of 100‑150 persons, during which four Vankars were killed and thirteen injured. The mob also ransacked and set fire to several houses. The accused A‑34, A‑35 and A‑36 were …
The case involved a dacoity on 22 December 1987 at the house of Sanfula Devi, during which three persons were murdered and valuables stolen. The trial court convicted twelve accused under Sections 396 and 120‑B IPC, and the High Court added convictions under Sections 302 and 34 IPC. The Supreme …
The petitioner, K. Ponnamma, and her husband were charged under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code; the husband was convicted while the petitioner was acquitted. During the pendency of the criminal trial she was suspended under Kerala Service Rule 57, which bars drawing any pay except a …
Krishan Niwas, a government employee, was convicted under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment, leading to his removal from service under Article 311(2). The conviction was later modified to Section 325 IPC with a 1½‑year sentence. After serving the term, a departmental appeal reduced …
Sambhoo Nath Misra filed a private complaint against R.D. Tripathi, a government servant, alleging offences under IPC sections 409, 420, 465, 468 and 477A for forging his signature and misappropriating Rs.443.90. The magistrate dismissed the complaint on the ground that sanction under Section 197 of …
Allahabad Bank suspended clerk Deepak Kumar Bhola under clause 19.3(a) of the First Bipartite Settlement after a CBI investigation and charge‑sheet alleging forgery, cheating and other offences involving moral turpitude. Bhola challenged the suspension before the Allahabad High Court, which quashed …
The Supreme Court examined an incident where the Coast Guard vessel CGS Vivek and the Indian Navy ship INS Kirpan intercepted the merchant vessel MV Yahata on the high seas because it was not flying any national flag and was emitting "Not under Command" lights. The master, V. Jayachandra, gave a …
The State of Haryana appealed the Punjab & Haryana High Court's acquittal of five accused who had been convicted of rioting, murder and attempted murder. The High Court had set aside the trial court's convictions on the basis that the accused acted in private defence of person and property. The …
The State of Maharashtra appealed the Bombay High Court’s order quashing the charge of rape against spiritual teacher Priya Sharan Maharaj and others. The High Court had discharged the accused on the basis that the accused was a saintly man and that the victims’ delayed complaints and lack of …
The husband and wife, married in 1970, lived separately from 1983 and filed a joint petition for divorce by mutual consent under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act in 1984. The husband later moved a sole application for decree, while the wife withdrew her consent after the statutory 18‑month …
The appellant, a resident of Velleturu village, attacked V. Nageswara Rao (the deceased) at a police‑ordered meeting, stabbing him in the chest with a knife that penetrated the right ventricle, causing instant death. The prosecution proved that the appellant uttered the words "do away with the …
The appellants were accused of murdering their brother‑in‑law, Hanamappa, and of acting with common intention under IPC sections 302 and 34. The trial court acquitted them, disbelieving the eye‑witness P.W.2, the hostile witness P.W.1 and several independent villagers, and giving undue weight to …
The appellant, a compositor in a Government of India printing press, was charged under Section 409 of the IPC and suspended pending trial, receiving only a subsistence allowance. After being acquitted, he was reinstated but denied back wages, increments, and pension benefits that he claimed as …
Neelam Rani died from burns in 1987. The husband (appellant) and his father were convicted by the Sessions Court of murder (Sec. 302 IPC), dowry death (Sec. 304B IPC) and cruelty for dowry (Sec. 498A IPC). The High Court upheld the murder conviction and acquitted the father. On appeal, the Supreme …
The appellants were convicted for kidnapping, murder and illegal possession of a firearm under the Arms Act and TADA. The prosecution’s case relied on the victim’s father’s testimony about a witness’s statement, statements recorded by police before investigation, the accused’s own statements about …
Satbir filed a criminal appeal after the Punjab & Haryana High Court acquitted twelve accused of rioting and murder under Sections 148, 149 and 302 IPC, relying on alleged identification failures, the status of witnesses as "chance" witnesses, the relationship of a witness to the deceased, …
The respondent, a senior stenographer in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., was identified by a vigilance enquiry as the organiser of a scheme in which employees submitted forged medical certificates and bills to obtain reimbursements, causing monetary loss to the corporation. He was charge‑sheeted, …
The State of Uttar Pradesh alleged that a large mob of villagers attacked a scheduled‑caste marriage party, killing 14 and injuring 7. The key issue was whether the mob constituted an unlawful assembly with the common object of killing the Doms, and whether the accused could be held liable under …
The appellant, a Sub‑Registrar, was convicted under Section 161 IPC and Section 5(2) read with 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 for allegedly receiving Rs 60 as illegal gratification for issuing certified copies of sale deeds. The prosecution set up a trap and caught him taking the …
Bharat Ram Meena, a Munsiff/Judicial Magistrate, challenged adverse remarks recorded in his 1990 Annual Confidential Report (ACR) that questioned his integrity, impartiality, and conduct. The remarks were based on allegations of unauthorized absences during election duties and alleged manipulation …
The appellants, involved in a land dispute, attacked Dayashankar and his brother Ramesh, dismembering the former and severely injuring the latter. Ramesh (PW‑1) survived, narrated the incident to his mother (PW‑2) and nephew (PW‑3), and later gave a statement to the police and a dying declaration to …
Ishwar Prasad Arya, a practising advocate, was convicted under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code for assaulting an opponent with a knife in a courtroom and sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment. The State Bar Council suspended him from practice for three years under Section 35 of the …
The State alleged that on 28 May 1988 three accused entered the house of the deceased Bauribandhu, assaulted him and dragged his body outside, leading to charges under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC. The trial court convicted the appellants under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC, and two …
The respondents complained that the appellants fraudulently obtained their signature on a sale agreement and filed a criminal case under Sections 420 and 406 IPC. The Judicial Magistrate discharged the appellants, a revision before the Sessions Court was dismissed, and a second revision was filed …
The State of Rajasthan appealed the acquittal of Bhup Singh, who was convicted of murdering his wife, Chawli, based on her dying declaration and ballistic evidence. The High Court had set aside the conviction, holding that the dying declaration was invalid because it was recorded in Hindi rather …
The Supreme Court examined an appeal by the State of Rajasthan against the acquittal of six accused in a double murder case. The trial judge had interjected during the cross‑examination of an injured eyewitness (PW‑3) to clarify a confusion, which the High Court held improper. The Supreme Court held …
The appellant, a Provident Fund Inspector, was tried for accepting a bribe to exempt a hospital from statutory provident‑fund contributions under Section 161 of the IPC and Section 5(2) read with Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. The Special Judge acquitted him, but the …
The appellants were convicted of murder for a shooting that occurred on an open terrace on a moonless night, where the victims and neighbours identified them as the assailants. The defence argued that darkness made identification impossible and that there was no discernible motive. The Supreme Court …
The appellant Netraj was arrested after a silver todal, allegedly stolen during a dacoity that also involved the murder of a woman, was recovered from him two days after the incident. He was convicted under Section 396 of the Indian Penal Code for dacoity with murder and sentenced to death, later …
The Supreme Court entertained a public‑interest writ petition filed after media reports of deaths and torture in police lock‑ups, seeking guidelines for preventing custodial violence and for awarding compensation to victims or their families. The Court held that torture, rape and death in police …
The wife, Rashmi Kumar, married under Hindu rites, received jewellery, cash and household goods as stridhana from her family and entrusted them to her husband for safekeeping. After being driven out of the matrimonial home, she demanded the return of the stridhana on 5‑December‑1987, which the …
The Supreme Court examined the murder of 12‑year‑old Arun Rai, alleged to have arisen from a dispute over the price of milk. The trial court convicted Mithilesh Rai (Sec.302 IPC, death sentence) and Madan Rai (Sec.302 read with Sec.109 IPC, life imprisonment); Raj Naresh Rai was acquitted. On …
The State of U.P. appealed against the Allahabad High Court’s acquittal of Raghubir Singh (A‑2) in a murder‑kidnapping case involving the death of a six‑year‑old boy, Ashok. The trial court had convicted both accused, Manpal Singh (A‑1) and Raghubir Singh, under IPC sections 364, 302 and 34 based on …
The appellant, a former army man, was convicted of murdering Kanta Devi, who was shot in her courtyard at night. The deceased, moments before being shot, shouted that the appellant was standing with a gun. The gun was later found near the body. The appellant appealed, arguing that the omission in …
The appellant, father of Kiran Devi, alleged that his daughter was subjected to continuous cruelty by her husband, mother‑in‑law and brother‑in‑law, culminating in her suicide by jumping into a well. The trial court acquitted the accused of murder (Sec. 302) and the High Court upheld that acquittal. …
The appellant, Deputy Director of the Inter State Bus Terminal, appealed against the conviction of Smt. Sudershan Kumari for filing false certificates and affidavits. The Supreme Court examined whether the respondent had indeed produced a false affidavit attested by an oath commissioner and whether …
Dr. Baljit Singh, a H.C.M.S.-II officer, gave a three‑month notice of voluntary retirement under Rule 5.32(b) of the Punjab Civil Service Rules on 20 September 1993 and handed over his charge on 11 February 1994 without the government's acceptance. The Government declined to accept his retirement …
Thirteen persons were tried for the murder of Mohan Lal on 11 June 1984. The trial court convicted eleven, acquitting two; the High Court later acquitted eight of the convicted and upheld the conviction of three appellants under sections 148 and 302/149 IPC. The appellants challenged the reliance on …
The case involved the murder of Girishbhai, a VHP secretary, for which 63 persons were charged under Section 302 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the TADA Act. Nine appellants were convicted by the designated court based largely on eye‑witness identification. On appeal, the Supreme Court examined the …
The Supreme Court issued a clarificatory order modifying its earlier judgment (1 May 1996) in Writ Petition (C) No. 1128 of 1986, which had provided for discharge or acquittal of accused whose criminal trials were pending for a prescribed period. The Court held that the relief does not apply where …
Four accused were convicted under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, the Indian Penal Code and the Explosive Substances Act on the basis of confessional statements recorded by a Superintendent of Police under Section 15 of TADA. The police officer failed to furnish the …
The appellant, Ahmad Umar Saeed Sheikh, was charged under IPC sections 307, 332, 427, the Foreigners Act, and TADA sections 3 and 4. He contended that the FIR, lodged on a Sub‑Inspector's complaint, was invalid because it was recorded without the prior approval of the District Superintendent of …
The case concerned a violent assault on 23 May 1985 in which six accused, armed with a double‑barrel gun, gandhalis, kirpans and gandasas, attacked two men (Harbhajan Singh and Baldev Singh) and injured a third witness (Suba Singh). The trial court convicted four of the accused and acquitted two; …
Six accused were convicted under IPC sections 147, 148, 307 and 302 for a homicide. The Madras High Court set aside the convictions, acquitting them on the ground that the appellant's statement recorded under Section 164 of the CrPC (initially a dying declaration) materially contradicted the FIR …
Gajanan and his co-accused were tried for murder under IPC sections 302 and 34 for the death of Suryabhan on 10 September 1984. The trial court acquitted them, finding that the alleged eye‑witnesses had not actually seen the assault, their testimony conflicted with the medical report, and the …
The Depot Manager of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation initiated disciplinary proceedings against driver Mohd Yousuf Miya under Regulation 28(ix) of the Employees Conduct Rules, 1963 after a fatal accident caused by his alleged failure to anticipate the incident. Simultaneously, the …
The State of Andhra Pradesh prosecuted Gangula Satya Murthy for raping and throttling to death a 16‑year‑old girl, Satya Vani, whose body was found on a cot in his house. The trial court convicted him under IPC sections 302 and 376, relying on medical evidence of ante‑mortem neck injuries, a fresh …
The appellants, including Ashok Yadav, were convicted for kidnapping and murdering a school‑going child, Avadhesh Sharma, under sections 364 and 302 of the IPC. The Supreme Court examined the prosecution's circumstantial evidence – motive, recovery of the victim's articles, the fact that the victim …
The case arose from a land dispute that escalated into a fight between two groups on 25 October 1985, during which the victim Santokh Singh sustained eight injuries, five on the head, inflicted by the respondent Sarwan Singh with a heavy weapon (gandasa). The trial court and the Punjab & Haryana …
The petitioners, Chandraswami and another, were accused of cheating under Sections 120B and 420 of the IPC for allegedly obtaining US$1 lakh from a complainant in 1983. They were arrested in 1988, released on bail with conditions, and later permitted to travel abroad. After a Supreme Court‑ordered …
Sewa Kaur and her paramour Bakhshish Singh were convicted for the murder of Sewa's husband, Havaldar Gurdev Singh, under IPC sections 302 and 201. The prosecution relied on the sole eyewitness testimony of the victim's son, extra‑judicial confessions made to a police informant, medical evidence of …
V.K. Nigam, a Sub‑Inspector, was found to have received illegal gratification from a gambling organiser and was dismissed from service after a departmental inquiry. He challenged the dismissal, contending that he was not furnished with the preliminary inquiry report, violating natural justice, and …
Advocate Ajay Kumar Pandey filed petitions and letters containing intemperate, insulting language against two Supreme Court judges, demanded apologies and compensation, and threatened to prosecute them, also filing a criminal complaint in a magistrate's court. The Supreme Court, after giving him …
The appellant, an army personnel, was convicted of murder and causing injuries with a khukri in a barracks. He appealed, asserting that he was a diagnosed paranoid and therefore incapable of understanding his acts, seeking protection under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code. The Supreme Court …
The State of Madhya Pradesh prosecuted Dhirendra Kumar for the murder of Munibai, alleging motive stemming from an 'evil eye' and supported by eye‑witness testimony, a dying declaration, and the recovery of the murder weapon, a revolver stolen from the police malkhana. The trial court convicted …
The Supreme Court examined the arbitrary allotment of fifteen petrol pumps by the then Minister of Petroleum, Capt. Satish Sharma, finding that the allocations were made without any official application, advertisement, or criteria, and favoured relatives and associates, thereby violating Article 14 …
Three senior lecturers (Dr. Mahak Singh, Dr. S.P. Singh and Dr. Rajvir Singh) of a college affiliated to Meerut University contested who should be appointed Acting Principal after the principal’s vacancy in October 1993. All were senior lecturers drawing the same salary, but their dates of promotion …
The case arose from a 1980 massacre in Paras Bigha, Bihar, where 13 people were killed and many injured. The appellants were convicted under Sections 302 and 149 of the IPC for participation in an unlawful assembly. They challenged the conviction on several grounds, including that the FIR should …
