Criminal Jurisprudence Archives

Guilt not established beyond reasonable doubt and to the satisfaction of the judicial conscience; Allahabad High Court acquits acid attack convict

Allahabad High Court said that the Trial Court has erred in scrutinising and analysing the evidence on record and the finding in respect of the guilt of convict is perverse and not according to the law. Therefore, it granted benefit of doubt to the convict on the ground of rule of caution.

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC| Violation of mandatory provision of Section 42 of the NDPS Act entitles accused to bail even if the recovery is of commercial quantity of contraband

Punajb and Haryana High Court: In a petition filed under section 439 CrPC for grant of regular bail under Sections 22, 25,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Criminal Justice| ‘Practically difficult to achieve absolute consistency in sentencing’ but here’s what the Courts should do: SC

Supreme Court: Explaining the principles of sentencing policy, the 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, CJ and Surya Kant* and AS Bopanna, JJ

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Ocular evidence to be disbelieved only when medical evidence rules out all possibilities of ocular evidence being true: Supreme Court reiterates

Supreme Court of India: The Division Bench of Navin Sinha and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ., reiterated the value of ocular evidence while

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | ‘Made him believe’ goes against the fundamental principle of criminal jurisprudence, any accusations made on the premise is a grave mistake

Jharkhand High Court: The Division Bench of Shree Chandrashekar and Deepak Roshan, JJ. dismissed a petition on the ground that prosecution has

Case Briefs High Courts

Witness may lie but not the circumstances; charges against accused dropped for lack of evidence

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Vipin Sinha and Ifaqat Ali Khan, JJ. dismissed the appeal as the applicant failed