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Category: I P C

I P C

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 34, 302, 363, 364A – Evidence Act, 1872 – Sections 65(B) and 114 – Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Section 313 – Kidnapping and death – Modification in sentence – Motive of the accused to take life was to become rich by not doing hard work but by demanding ransom after kidnapping a young, innocent boy of 8 years – Present case falls short of the “rarest of rare” cases where a death sentence alone deserves to be awarded to the appellants – SC Commutes Death Sentence To Life Imprisonment Without Remission For 25 Yrs

Apr 26, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ARVIND SINGH — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit, Indu Malhotra and Hemant Gupta, JJ.…

I P C

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 302 and 307 – Arms Act, 1959 – Section 25 – Culpable homicide – Appellant aimed the gun towards the roof and then fired. It was an unfortunate case of mis­firing. HELD The appellant is, thus, guilty of an act, the likely consequences of which including causing fatal injuries to the persons being in a close circuit, are attributable to him. The offence committed by the appellant, thus, would amount to ‘culpable homicide’ within the meaning of Section 299,

Mar 18, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH BHAGWAN SINGH — Appellant Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND — Respondent ( Before : S.A. Bobde, CJI., B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant., JJ. )…

I P C

Medical Professionals Should Not Be Dragged Into Criminal Proceedings Unless Negligence Of A High Order Is Shown: SC HELD in case of criminal negligence against a medical professional it must be shown that the accused did something or failed to do something in the given facts and circumstances of the case which no medical professional in his ordinary senses and prudence would have done or failed to do

Feb 16, 2020 sclaw

Medical Professionals Should Not Be Dragged Into Criminal Proceedings Unless Negligence Of A High Order Is Shown: SC [Read Judgment] LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 16 Feb 2020 7:22 PM The Supreme…

I P C

Criminal Trial Law Does Not Taboo Adopting Of The Alternate Pleas By Accused HELD a murder accused can take a plea that he was not at all involved in the act which resulted in the death of the deceased, but that does not deprive him/her of the right to establish the fact that the case against him would still be embraced within any of the exceptions under Section 300 IPC.

Jan 26, 2020 sclaw

[Criminal Trial] Law Does Not Taboo Adopting Of The Alternate Pleas By Accused: SC [Read Judgment] LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 26 Jan 2020 8:27 PM The law does not taboo adopting…

I P C

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 302 – Arms Act, 1959 – Section 25 – Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Section 313 – Evidence Act, 1872 – Sections 27 and 106 – Murder of wife – Burden of Proof – Where an offence like murder is committed in secrecy inside a house, the initial burden to establish the case would undoubtedly be upon the prosecution, but the nature and amount of evidence to be led by it to establish the charge cannot be of the same degree as is required in other cases of circumstantial evidence.

Jan 22, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NAWAB — Appellant Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No. 884 of…

I P C

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 34, 300, 302, 498-A, Section 304-Part II – Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Sections 313 – Evidence Act, 1872 – Section 106 – Murder of wife by throttling – Conviction and Sentence – Appeal against – In particular injuries suffered, it is quite clear that the act would fall within the scope of Section 300 of the IPC

Jan 21, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PAUL — Appellant Vs. STATE OF KERALA — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No. 38…

I P C

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 302, 404 and 34 – Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – Sections 3 and 3(2)(v) – Murder – Appeal against Order of discharge – HELD In such a situation the proceedings shall proceed in an appropriate court for the offences punishable under IPC notwithstanding investigation and the charge­sheet being not liable to be accepted only in respect of offence under Section 3 of the Act for taking cognizance of that offence

Jan 20, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH — Appellant Vs. BABBU RATHORE AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi, JJ. ) Criminal…

I P C

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 300-Exception 4, 302, 304, 304-Part-I, 304-Part-II – Death due to injury in quarrel – Alteration of sentence – It is true that the deceased died because of the injuries caused by the accused – However, as observed above, the incident had taken place on the spur of the moment and after some altercation the accused took the lathi which was lying there and caused the injury on the head of the deceased – The offence committed does not amount to murder.

Jan 7, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ANANTA KAMILYA — Appellant Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan and M. R. Shah, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…

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Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 223(d) — Persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction may be charged and tried together — Legislative intent is to prevent multiplicity of proceedings, avoid conflicting judgments, and promote judicial economy while ensuring fairness — Segregation without legally recognized grounds like distinct facts, severable evidence, or demonstrated prejudice, is impermissible.

Sep 16, 2025 sclaw
Anticipatory Bail

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 463, 465, 467, 468, 471, 474 read with Section 34 — Offences relating to cheating and forgery — Anticipatory bail — Rejection challenged — Appellants, public servants at the time, accused of certifying mutation entries based on forged documents — High Court rejected anticipatory bail — Supreme Court affirmed the High Court’s decision

Sep 16, 2025 sclaw
Constitution

Waqf Act, 1995 (as amended) — Challenge to constitutional validity of amendments — Petitioners contended that amendments are ultra vires the Constitution, violating fundamental rights including Articles 14, 15, 19, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 300A. Respondents argued for legislative competence and presumption of validity of enactments. Court emphasized that statutes should only be declared unconstitutional if there is a clear, glaring, and undeniable violation of constitutional principles or fundamental rights, or if manifestly arbitrary, and that courts must strive to uphold legislative validity.

Sep 16, 2025 sclaw
Consumer

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 25 — Enforcement of orders — Pre-2002 amendment and post-2019 Act, all orders could be enforced as decrees. The period between 15.03.2003 to 20.07.2020 saw an anomaly where only interim orders (and monetary recovery) were clearly enforceable under Section 25, leaving final non-monetary orders in a gap. Interpretation of Statutes — Casus omissus — Court can fill gaps in legislation using interpretative tools like purposive construction when literal interpretation leads to absurdity or defeats the object of the Act, especially for remedial legislation like the Consumer Act.

Sep 2, 2025 sclaw