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Kidnapping – Consensual Affair – Defence of – HELD the consent of the minor would be no defence to a charge of kidnapping

Jan 17, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ANVERSINH @ KIRANSINH FATESINH ZALA — Appellant Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer and Surya Kant,…

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Injuries were simple in nature caused by hard blunt object – Accused persons guilty of committing offence under Section 324 of the Code – This Court impose sentence of three years rigorous imprisonment – Conviction and sentence under sections 341, 307, 325, and 302 read with 34 set aside –

Jan 17, 2021 sclaw

1/8 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH MIHIR GOPE ETC. — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, JJ.…

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Triple Talaq- Relatives Of Husband Cannot Be Accused Of Offence Under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act – Anticipatory bail application maintainable

Jan 1, 2021 sclaw

On a preliminary analysis, it is clear that the appellant as the mother-in-law of the second respondent cannot be accused of the offence of pronouncem The provisions of Section 7(c)…

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Argument of the accused that he has only one hand, as a result of which it would be physically impossible to have committed an act of rape – Petition dismissed

Dec 17, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH SEELAN @ JEYASEELAN — Appellant Vs. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE — Respondent ( Before : Rohinton Fali Nariman, Navin Sinha and K.M. Joseph, JJ.…

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Since the appeal arises out of conviction of Accused No. 2, the applicant herein who was accused No. 3 and was acquitted, is not a necessary party. Hence, the application for deletion of respondent no. 2 is allowed.

Dec 16, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA SINGLE BENCH GOPI RAM — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : V. Ramasubramanian, J. ) I.A. No. 124145 of…

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(IPC) – Sections 148 and 307 – ideal that independent witnesses come forward to substantiate the prosecution case but it would be unfair to expect the presence of third parties in every case at the time of incident, for most violent crimes are seldom anticipated. Any adverse inference against the non – examination of independent witnesses thus needs to be assessed upon the facts and circumstances of each case

Dec 15, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ROHTAS AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. STATE OF HARYANA — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, JJ. ) Criminal…

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(IPC) – Ss 376 and 506 – Rape – the accused has exploited the victim by taking disadvantage of her mental sickness/illness – No interference

Dec 6, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH CHAMAN LAL — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah, JJ.…

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Liberty of a Citizen Cannot Be Taken Away In this Manner” HELD HC Order Dismissing Criminal Revision Due To Absence Of Lawyer set aside

Nov 22, 2020 sclaw

“Perusal of file shows that this revision has been taken on board six times, including today. On four occasions, none came forward to represent the petitioner in the span of…

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Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapon – Modification of sentence – Incident occurred on 13.01.2002 and the 3rd appellant herein has already served more than two years of sentence – It is a fit case to modify the sentence and reduce the compensation

Nov 22, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH OMANAKKUTTAN AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF KERALA — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…

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(IPC) – Ss 302 and 34 – (CrPC) – S 313 – Evidence Act, 1872 – Ss 106 and 134 – Murder of wife – Conviction and sentence – Appeal against – Most important aspect is where the death was caused and the body found. Appeal dismissed.

Nov 22, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH JAYANTILAL VERMA — Appellant Vs. STATE OF M.P. (NOW CHHATTISGARH) — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. ) Criminal…

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 451 & 457 — Release of Seized Property — Trial Court rejecting release application for iron ore on grounds of applicant’s failure to substantiate ownership — High Court setting aside trial court’s order without examining correctness of its finding on ownership — High Court should have either agreed with trial court’s finding on ownership or recorded reasons for disagreeing — Failure to do so warrants interference and remand.

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Evidence Act

Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 50 — Opinion as to relationship, when relevant — Opinion expressed by conduct of person with special knowledge on relationship is relevant — Essentials are court’s opinion, expression through conduct, and person having special knowledge — Conduct alone is not proof but an intermediate step to infer opinion — Opinion must be proved by direct evidence — Court needs to weigh evidence to form its own conclusion; Trial Court erred in treating opinion of witnesses as fact rather than evidence to be weighed and failed to independently assess credibility.

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Anticipatory Bail Corruption

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Bail — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal against High Court’s rejection of bail in anticipation of arrest — Custodial interrogation not required — Appellant may be admitted to bail in anticipation of arrest upon arrest, subject to terms and conditions fixed by the trial court — Appellant directed not to dissuade witnesses from disclosing facts to authorities.

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 366 — Death Sentence Reference — Sentencing Procedure — Conviction and death penalty were pronounced on the same day without a proper inquiry into aggravating and mitigating circumstances, psychological evaluation, or jail conduct report. This haste violated established sentencing principles and vitiated the death sentence.

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