Acquittal Archives - Page 15 of 41 - Supreme Court of India Judgements

July 6, 2025 9:29 am

Murder – Acquittal – Vital discrepancies and inconsistencies in the evidence of the prosecution witnesses – Material discrepancies in the testimonies of the witnesses and the same is fatal to the case of the prosecution – Conviction and sentences set aside –

Oct 18, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MD. JABBAR ALI AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM — Respondent ( Before : Ajay Rastogi and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ. )…

Acquittal

Abetment of suicide – Cruelty – Conviction of the appellants is solely based on the oral evidence of mother and sister of the deceased, who are interested witnesses – Complaint against the appellants was filed after 3 weeks of the death of the deceased -deceased was also undergoing treatment for depression -Appeal allowed

Oct 13, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MARIANO ANTO BRUNO AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE — Respondent ( Before : M. R. Shah and Krishna Murari, JJ.…

Acquittal

Murder — Confession before police – Videography of statement by police – Held, both the Trial Court and the Appellate Court went completely wrong in placing reliance on the voluntary statements of the accused and their videography statements — Under Article 20(3) of the Constitution of India, an accused cannot be compelled to be a witness against himself

Oct 10, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before: Uday Umesh Lalit CJI., S. Ravindra Bhat & Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ. Criminal Appeal Nos.1597-1600 of 2022 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) Nos.8792-8795 of…

Acquittal

Murder – Acquittal – Circumstantial evidence – circumstantial evidence in order to sustain conviction must be complete and incapable of explanation of any other hypothesis than that of the guilt of the accused and such evidence should not only be consistent with the guilt of the accused but should be inconsistent with his innocence

Sep 24, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH RAJU @ RAJENDRA PRASAD — Appellant Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and Krishna Murari, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…

Acquittal I P C

HELD it is not established that the appellant dishonestly received stolen property with the knowledge and belief that the goods found in his possession were stolen, the conviction of the appellant under Section 411 IPC cannot be sustained.

Sep 11, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH SHIV KUMAR — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH — Respondent ( Before : K.M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…

Acquittal

Held, in absence of any concrete evidence that the appellants attacked and/or caused any injury to the deceased- others co-accused, appellants cannot be convicted for the offence under Section 302 IPC with the aid of Section 149 IPC – Appeal allowed.

Sep 11, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH CHAITU GOWALA AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and Krishna Murari, JJ. ) Criminal…

Acquittal

HELD When a reasonable doubt arises in a matter, benefit of doubt must be given to the accused. In the present case, the doubts reasonably arising in the matter had been brushed aside by the High Court on the logic that itself remains unacceptable.

Sep 4, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH DIBAKER NUNIA AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM — Respondent ( Before : Dinesh Maheshwari and Bela M. Trivedi, JJ. )…

Acquittal Narcotics

(NDPS) – Section 54 of the Act raises a presumption and the burden shifts on the accused to explain as to how he came into possession of the contraband – But to raise the presumption under Section 54 of the Act, it must first be established that a recovery was made from the accused.

Aug 31, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH SANJEET KUMAR SINGH @ MUNNA KUMAR SINGH — Appellant Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH — Respondent ( Before : Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ.…

Acquittal

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 302 – Murder by giving poisoning – Reports of Chemical Examiner – Samples were not handed over to the Assistant Chemical Examiner who had to conduct the analysis in a sealed form – Cutting, and a fresh note regarding parcels being open also creates a doubt – Chances of tampering with the samples could not be ruled out – Appeal allowed.

Aug 29, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH RAJBIR SINGH — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF PUNJAB — Respondent ( Before : Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No.…

Acquittal

Discharge – Illegal gratification or disproportionate assets – Ingredients of alleged offences cannot be prima-facie established against the Appellant as neither had he been entrusted with funds

Aug 29, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH PUSHPENDRA KUMAR SINHA — Appellant Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, CJI., J.K. Maheshwari and Hima Kohli, JJ. )…

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Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4 — Section 376 (3) IPC — Rape — Conviction upheld — Evidence of victim’s mother and medical evidence — Reliability of victim’s mother’s testimony confirmed despite lengthy cross-examination, finding it natural and trustworthy and corroborated by other witnesses and medical evidence — Medical evidence, though partially presented by defense, conclusively supported sexual assault, citing perineal tear and abrasions around anus

Jun 29, 2025 sclaw

Joint Family Property Will & Succession

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 6 (as amended by Amendment Act, 2005) — Retrospective application — Validity of pre-amendment sale deeds — The prohibition contained in the amended Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, does not affect registered sale deeds executed prior to December 20, 2004 (date of introduction of the amending provision) — This principle aligns with the judgment in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma, (2020) 9 SCC 1.

Jun 28, 2025 sclaw

Anticipatory Bail Cr P C

Judicial Process — Misuse of process — Challenging bail conditions previously offered voluntarily — Accused offering substantial deposits to secure bail and subsequently challenging the onerous nature of conditions or the counsel’s authority to make such offers — This practice is condemned for undermining the judicial process and preventing consideration of bail applications on their merits — Such conduct leads to setting aside of bail orders and remittal for fresh consideration.

Jun 28, 2025 sclaw

Cr P C

Social Media Posts — Content-Related Offenses — Retaliatory Action — Quashing of Proceedings — While the court made no final determination on the nature of the petitioner’s social media posts, it acknowledged the petitioner’s counsel’s submission that the tweets were ‘retaliatory’ and were made in response to an incident involving a social media influencer. This assertion formed part of the petitioner’s argument for quashing or consolidating the numerous FIRs, suggesting a motive beyond simple offensive content.

Jun 28, 2025 sclaw

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