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Category: Acquittal

Acquittal

(IPC) – Ss 323, 504 & 506 – Voluntarily causing hurt -Trial courts have the power to not merely decide on acquittal or conviction of the accused person after the trial, but also the duty to nip frivolous litigations in the bud even before they reach the stage of trial by discharging the accused in fit cases

Mar 14, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH KRISHNA LAL CHAWLA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Mohan M. Shantanagouda and R. Subhash…

Acquittal

Murder – Post-Mortem Report – No marks on the body which would suggest violence or struggle – In any case, the medical expert himself has not ruled out the possibility of suicidal death – Post-Mortem Report shows, that the cause of death was ‘asphyxia due to hanging’ – Appellant acquitted.

Mar 7, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SHIVAJI CHINTAPPA PATIL — Appellant Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Respondent ( Before : R.F. Nariman and B. R. Gavai, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…

Acquittal

Illegal gratification – presumption of innocence as would be there in the case of acquittal – High Court decision is based on totally erroneous view of law by ignoring the settled legal position – High Court in dealing/non – dealing with the evidence was patently illegal leading to grave miscarriage of justice – Matter deserves to be remanded

Feb 14, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH STATE OF GUJARAT — Appellant Vs. BHALCHANDRA LAXMISHANKAR DAVE — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah, JJ.…

Acquittal

Possession of Indian Flap Shell Turtle — the Turtle which has been seized is not that which is included in Part II of Schedule I. In the facts of the present case, on the face of it, the Turtle seized is not included in Schedule I Part II and the Turtle having already been freed on the second day of its seizure, the High Court did not commit any error in quashing the criminal proceedings

Dec 15, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH TITTY ALIAS GEORGE KURIAN — Appellant Vs. THE DEPUTY RANGE FOREST OFFICER — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan and Indu Malhotra, JJ. )…

Acquittal

Acquittal – Dowry death – Presumption – Ingredients of the offence are well-settled – A marriage performed within seven years before the death of the wife – Death must be unnatural – Soon before the death, the deceased wife must have been at the receiving end of cruelty or harassment, on account of demand for dowry – It is described as dowry death – Relatives concerned, including husband, become liable – Section 113B of the Evidence Act comes to the rescue of the prosecutor by providing for a presumption that a person has caused dowry death

Dec 4, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH SANDEEP KUMAR AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Rohinton Fali Nariman, K.M. Joseph and Aniruddha…

Acquittal

Food Adulteration – Complaint filed against Directors of the Company – Held Therefore, in the absence of the Company, the Nominated Person cannot be convicted or vice versa -to convict the Company renders the entire conviction of the Nominated Person as unsustainable – Complaint dismissed.

Nov 22, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi,…

Acquittal

(IPC) – S 302, 34 – Refusal to undergo Test Identification Parade (TIP) – Guilt cannot be based purely on the refusal to undergo a (TIP) – Ballistics evidence connecting the empty cartridges & the bullets recovered from the body of the deceased with an alleged weapon of offence is contradictory and suffers from serious infirmities. Appeal allowed.

Nov 3, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH RAJESH @ SARKARI AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. STATE OF HARYANA — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira…

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