Del HC | Acquittal of rape accused upheld where minor had misrepresented her age
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ. dismissed a criminal leave petition filed by the State challenging
acquittal
Bom HC | Prosecuting of remedy before wrong forum due to incorrect opinion given by Director of Prosecution held covered under S. 470 CrPC, delay in filing appeal condoned
Bombay High Court: Prithviraj K. Chavan, J. allowed an application whereby the State of Goa sought condonation of 156 days’ delay in filing
Canada SC | Prior sexual conduct of complainant must not be admitted as evidence, as it may affect jury’s ability to assess other evidence correctly
Supreme Court of Canada: A Full Bench of Wagner, CJ. and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown and Rowe, JJ. dismissed an appeal
Ori HC | Delay in lodging FIR in rape cases cannot be used as a ground against prosecution’s case
Orissa High Court: S.K. Sahoo, J. dismissed a criminal appeal for the acquittal of the appellant under Section 376 of the Penal
Pak SC | Silence or implausible explanation on part of accused, not a presumption of guilt
Pakistan Supreme Court: A Full Bench of Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, JJ. allowed an
Jha HC | Special leave to file acquittal appeal cannot be granted where there is no perversity of facts and law
Jharkhand High Court: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. disposed of an interlocutory application filed under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
P&H HC | Offence under the Penal Code to be read in totality when there is one incident; appeal dismissed
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Hari Pal Verma, J. dismissed the appeal application against the judgment passed by the Additional Sessions judge.
Pak SC | Acquittal in a criminal case, carries a presumption of innocence with it and should be reversed only when finding blatantly perverse
Pakistan Supreme Court: A Full Bench of Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, JJ. allowed the
Guj HC | Appellant granted the benefit of remission for Dowry Death
Gujarat High Court: R.P. Dholaria, J. whilst partly allowing the appeal reduced the sentence of the appellant. In the present case, the
Kenya HC | Conviction on basis of circumstantial evidence can be found only if events form close-knit chain without any breakage or interruption
Kenya High Court, Nyahururu: R.P.V. Wendoh, J. passed a judgment directing acquittal of an accused in the absence of sound circumstantial evidence.
HP HC | When two reasonable conclusions are possible, the Appellate Court should not disturb the acquittal recorded by trial court
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. dismissed a petition finding no merit in the appeal as when two reasonable conclusions are
Gau HC | S. 372 CrPC: Appeal against order of Assistant Sessions Judge lies in the Court of Sessions Judge, whether the impugned order pertains to conviction or not
Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phukan, J. dismissed an application seeking leave to appeal against an Assistant Sessions Judge’s order of acquittal,
HP HC | Failure to prove guilt beyond shadow of reasonable doubt, reason for acquittal from charges under Ss. 498-A and 306
Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. allowed a petition while setting aside the Judgment of conviction passed
SC acquits man in an 18-year-old rape case
Supreme Court: The bench of Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ acquitted a man convicted for the offence of rape and
SC acquits 6 falsely implicated death row convicts in a 16 year old crime; orders reinvestigation
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. AK Sikri, SA Nazeer and MR Shah, JJ has acquitted 6 death row convicts and
Applicability of ‘Mohan Lal’ verdict ordering acquittal in case of informant and IO being the same person, revisited
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Navin Sinha and KM Joseph, JJ has clarified that all pending criminal prosecutions, trials and appeals prior to the law laid down in Mohan Lal vs. State of Punjab, (2018)
SC upholds acquittal of accused for rioting and murder due to “multiple investigative laches and flaws”
Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of N.V. Ramana and M.M. Shantanagoudar, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by the State of U.P. against
Compliance of Section 50 NDPS Act mandatory; plea that accused waived off right by consenting to search by raiding party not sustainable: Del HC
Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of C. Hari Shankar, J. allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment of the
‘One cannot suffer for fault of advocate’; order of Magistrate quashing the complaint set aside
Calcutta High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Md. Mumtaz Khan, J. allowed a revision petition against the order of the
Finding of acquittal is not to be disturbed if there are two views possible arising out of the same facts
Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of M.M. Shantanagoudar, J., delivering a judgment for himself and L. Nageswara Rao, J., disposed of a