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Maternal uncle rapes his 14-year-old niece; will subsequent act of him marrying prosecutrix extinguish all criminal liabilities? SC decides  

Supreme Court: In an interesting case, the Division Bench comprising of L. Nageswara Rao and B.R, Gavai, JJ., acquitted the appellant  who

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[S. 304 B IPC] An order of acquittal is not to be set aside lightly; Chh HC observes in a case where daughter in law committed suicide in unnatural circumstances

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Arvind Singh Chandel and Sanjay K. Agrawal, JJ. dismissed the acquittal appeal being devoid of

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Acquitted in the criminal case but employer still going ahead with the disciplinary proceeding? Read the law laid down by Supreme Court 

“The purpose of a disciplinary proceeding by an employer is to enquire into an allegation of misconduct by an employee which results in a violation of the service rules governing the relationship of employment.”

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Guj HC | No Conscious possession; Court upholds acquittal under NDPS Act

Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench of S.H. Vora and Sandeep N. Bhatt, JJ., dismissed an application for special leave to appeal

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MP HC │ When authorities take a view in a particular manner then scope of discretion is limited; appeal dismissed

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Anand Pathak and Satish Kumar Sharma, JJ., dismissed a writ appeal under Section 2(1)

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Utt HC | There have to be very substantial and compelling reasons for setting aside a judgment of acquittal; petition dismissed

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of S.K. Mishra and A.K. Verma, JJ., dismissed the appeal for acquittal considering it to be

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Sikk HC | “Last seen together theory- Inconclusive in absence of clear motive and beyond doubt circumstantial evidences”: Court acquits

Sikkim High Court: Meenakshi Madan Rai J., while acquitting the accused charged under section 302, 392 and 427 of IPC held that

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Ker HC | “The accused hugged and impregnated me”; Is mere oral testimony of victim sufficient to attract offence of rape?

Kerala High Court: Kauser Edappagath, J., reversed the concurrent findings of Lower Courts, whereby the accused was convicted for the offence of

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Three death row convicts to walk free as SC finds them “not guilty” of murdering six family members

“We are at pains to observe the manner in which the present case has been dealt with by the trial court as well as by the High Court, particularly, when the trial court awarded death penalty to the accused and the High Court confirmed it.”

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Trial Courts have freedom of mind to decide sensitive cases on merit; Appellate courts must refrain from reversing acquittal just for the sake of it: SC 

Supreme Court:  Reminding the Courts of the importance of hierarchy of Courts, the bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh*, JJ

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Does pointing towards victim’s hiding place make one a part of a “murderous” unlawful assembly? “Not brave enough” at most, holds SC

Supreme Court: In a case where an accused merely pointed to the house where the victim was hiding, thereby helping a fully

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Sikk HC | Prosecution not able to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the Appellant was the perpetrator of rape of the minor; acquits accused

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Meenakshi Madan Rai and Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, JJ., allowed an appeal which was filed in

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Not ‘honourably’ acquitted in a case? Employer can’t be compelled to give appointment: SC. [“Honourable acquittal” defined]

Supreme Court: In a case where a man, after being acquitted in a kidnapping case, had applied for the post of Constable

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Jhar HC | Conclusion of Departmental proceeding on the ground of conviction by Trial Court; will subsequent acquittal by High Court affect the outcome of departmental proceeding?

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. while holding the reason assigned by the Director-General of Police (DGP) while rejecting the claim

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Idiosyncrasies of colloquial terms, used for naming accused, could well be the difference between his conviction and acquittal: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. took the liberty of disagreeing with one of the

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Madras HC | Cheque returned with endorsement “drawers signature differs”. If complainant fails to prove accused was not stranger, can he still be prosecuted under S. 138 NI Act? Court answers

Madras High Court: P. Velmurugan, J., addressed a matter revolving around the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. A

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Pat HC | After 22 years of barbarous Senari Massacre the Court hands clean chit to 13 accused; HC reverses Trial Court’s order of death sentence

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Ashwani Kumar and Arvind Srivatava, JJ., acquitted the death convicts in Senari Massacre incident that

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High Court convicts a man for corruption without cogent reasons after Trial Court acquits him. Supreme Court reminds courts to take utmost care in scanning evidence before recording conviction

“Initial presumption of innocence in the criminal jurisprudence gets doubled by acquittal recorded by the trial court.”

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MP HC | Absence of forwarding note and delay in production of contrabands are fatal to the prosecution case; HC acquits accused

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Bechu Kurian Thomas, J., allowed the instant appeal against the impugned order of Additional Sessions Court, whereby the

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Two men walk free after 12 years in prison as SC holds that conviction cannot be based solely on refusal to undergo a Test Identification Parade

The finding of guilt cannot be based purely on the refusal of the accused to undergo an identification parade.