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Ashok Magan Marathe appealed against the denial of regular bail in a murder case linked to a dispute over election promises and alleged caste-based atrocities. The deceased was found dead on 1 July 2025, and the FIR was lodged on 3 July 2025 after a delay. The prosecution relied on CCTV footage, …
Shafiq Noorahmed Shaikh and his co‑accused Azhar Shamshoddin Shaikh were charged under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for alleged assault, use of an iron rod and alleged caste‑based abuse during a road‑rage …
Petitioner Kantabai Somnath Pawar filed a criminal writ petition seeking a direction to register an FIR against alleged offenders under the IPC, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the POCSO Act. The Court examined the enquiry report of the Assistant Police Inspector, which concluded that the …
The appellant, Rahul Arun Mane, was arrested in connection with a murder case (Crime No. 0428 of 2025) where he was alleged to have assisted a co‑accused in disposing of the victim’s body. The trial court had dismissed his bail application, but the appellant argued that his role was limited to …
The appellant, Shrishail Kallappa Teli, was charged under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a married Scheduled Caste woman on the false pretext of marriage. The victim, a 30‑year‑old married …
The appellant, Prashant Ashok Pawar, filed a criminal appeal (Stamp No. 3130 of 2026) under Section 14‑A of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, more than two years after the order dated 23 April 2024. An interim application (No. 520 of 2026) was filed …
The appellant, Dhanaji Ananda Desai, filed an appeal under Section 14A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 seeking pre‑arrest bail for offences under Sections 75(1)(iv) and 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3(1)(r) of the SCST Act. The …
The appellant, Atul Lingappa Kamble, was named in a suicide note of a deceased who alleged harassment over loan repayments and caste-based abuse, leading to charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The …
The appellants, eleven individuals, filed a criminal appeal seeking bail in connection with Crime No. 622 of 2025, alleged offences under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Appellant No. 1, Amar Dadasaheb Patil, …
The applicant filed an application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita seeking to quash the Special Trial No. 1309 of 2024 arising from Crime No. 499 of 2024, which involved offences under Sections 64, 333, 115(2), 351(2) of the BNSS and Section 3(2)5 of the Scheduled Castes …
The applicant, Rohit, filed an anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code. He later moved the court seeking permission to withdraw that application and instead file an appeal under Section 14A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of …
The applicants filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the charge sheet and the entire criminal trial (Special Session Trial No. 853 of 2023) relating to offences under the IPC and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) …
The applicants, Margret Thomas Dsouza and another, filed an anticipatory bail application in the Bombay High Court concerning an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Their counsel sought to withdraw the application, requesting liberty to …
The petitioner, Manohar Jagannath Jadhav, filed a criminal writ petition alleging an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, but the complaint did not contain any utterances that would attract the Act. The petitioner’s counsel later expressed …
Vikash Singh appealed a criminal conviction before the Patna High Court, seeking to set aside the trial court's decision. The appeal was filed 765 days after the judgment, far exceeding the 180‑day limit prescribed under Section 15 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of …
The appellant, Chhatish Sharma, appealed under Section 14A(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act challenging the trial court’s order taking cognizance of alleged offences, including rape, based on FIR No. 88/2024. He contended that the FIR was fabricated, …
The appellant was convicted under Sections 302 and 323 of the IPC and Sections 3(2)(v) and 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST Act for allegedly killing Shiva Shankar after a dispute arising from an elopement involving the appellant's sister. The prosecution's case relied mainly on the testimony of the victim's …
The appellants Bakhat Singh Gurjar and another appealed against the order of the Special Judge who had proceeded with a case under Section 304 IPC and Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, alleging that they had assaulted a 75‑year‑old man who later died of septicemia. The …
The appellant Rajnish Shukla challenged the cognizance order and charge sheet filed under multiple IPC offences and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, alleging that the alleged assault and rape occurred inside a private house and therefore did not satisfy …
The State of Gujarat appealed against the acquittal of fourteen accused in a murder case involving Premjibhai Alabhai, a Scheduled Caste victim. The trial court had found the prosecution’s evidence insufficient, noting that key eye‑witnesses turned hostile and police officers lacked personal …
Tanuja J. Ghadge filed a criminal writ petition seeking police protection for herself, her husband and witnesses, the arrest of accused persons, and compensation. The petitioner’s counsel informed the court that the accused had already obtained bail from the Special Court on 6 February 2025, …
The case concerned allegations that the Superintendent of a women’s protection home in Patna administered intoxicating substances to inmates and facilitated their sexual exploitation. The accused, respondent No.2, was granted bail by the Patna High Court despite the victim not being notified, …
The appellant was convicted and sentenced to death for murder, rape and robbery based on circumstantial evidence, a last‑seen theory, confessions, recovered items and DNA evidence. The Supreme Court examined whether these evidentiary pillars were proved beyond reasonable doubt and whether the …
The appellants were convicted under Sections 306 and 114 of the IPC for allegedly abetting the suicide of Dashrathbhai Karsanbhai Parmar by blackmailing him with compromising photographs. The prosecution's case hinged on a suicide note, alleged blackmail, and the recovery of money and ornaments, …
The appellant, a District Savings Officer, was charged under Section 306 of the IPC and Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act for the suicide of a senior clerk who left a suicide note blaming work pressure and harassment. The charge sheet was based solely on that note, and the investigating agency had …
The appellant, Ramesh Chandra Vaishya, was charged under sections 323, 504 IPC and section 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST Act for allegedly assaulting and verbally abusing the complainant over a water‑drainage dispute. Two FIRs were filed – one by the complainant and a second by the appellant after the police …
Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 113 of 2016 and Special Leave Petition (Diary) No. 34629 of 2017 were referred to a Constitution Bench to answer five questions concerning the scope of freedom of speech under Article 19(1)(a) and the enforceability of fundamental rights against non-State actors. The …
The case involved the brutal honour killing of a Jat girl, a Jatav boy and another Jatav youth who were tortured for twelve hours and murdered by a large group of villagers after the couple attempted an inter‑caste marriage. The trial court convicted 35 persons under IPC sections 147, 149, 302, 323, …
Ramawatar, a resident of a Madhya Pradesh village, was convicted under Section 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST Act for allegedly insulting his neighbour Prembai, a Scheduled Caste woman, during a property dispute. The parties later entered into a voluntary compromise and the complainant sought to withdraw the …
The appellant, a known acquaintance of the victim's family, entered the home of a blind Scheduled Caste woman and raped her, after which he was apprehended at the scene. The trial courts convicted him under Section 376(1) of the IPC and Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes …
The case concerned the murder of Ganeshram in July 1998, for which Devilal, his son Gokul and Amrat Ram (AR) were charged under IPC s.302 r/w s.34 and the SC/ST Act. The trial court relied on the FIR as a dying declaration and on eyewitness testimony of the victim's wife (PW1) and sister‑in‑law …
The appellant, Hitesh Verma, challenged a charge‑sheet filed under Sections 452, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(e) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, alleging that the FIR was based on a property dispute and was false. The High Court dismissed …
The Union of India sought review of the Supreme Court's directions in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra, which required approval of the appointing authority for arresting a public servant and of the SSP for a non‑public servant, and mandated a preliminary inquiry by a Dy SP …
The appellant, Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan, a senior government official, was charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for refusing sanction to prosecute two senior officers who had made adverse entries in his service record. He sought anticipatory …
The appellants were convicted by a Special Court under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for offences under the IPC. They challenged the conviction on the ground that the Special Court, being a Court of Session, had taken cognizance without a committal …
The appellant, Asmathunnisa, and her husband were charged under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for allegedly insulting a complainant by naming his caste in the complainant's absence. The appellant argued that the offence requires the …
An eight‑year‑old girl belonging to a Scheduled Caste was allegedly raped by Dinesh @ Buddha on the night of 5 February 1998. The trial court convicted him under IPC Section 376(2)(f) (rape of a child under 12) and under Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, sentencing him to …
