Indian Court Judgments — 2025

Criminal HP HC Reportable ✓ HN

Social Leasing (India) Ltd. vs Rajan Kumar Kanthwal

The appellant-complainant, Social Leasing (India) Ltd., filed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, allegin…

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 §138 CrPC §313 General Clauses Act §27

15 July 2025 · Hon'ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla

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G. Mohandas vs State of Kerala & Ors.

Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court refusing to quash FIR against the appellants-officials of the Munic…

Constitution CrPC Kerala Municipality Building Rules, 1999 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

15 July 2025 · Dismissed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

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Kattavellai @ Devakar vs State of Tamilnadu

Issue arose as to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the order of the conviction and death sentence of the appe…

IPC Evidence Act CrPC Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes…

15 July 2025 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, Sandeep Mehta

Criminal AP HC ✓ HN

P V Mudhun Reddy @ Peddireddi Venkata Midhun Reddy vs The State Of Andhra Pradesh

The petitioner, a Member of Parliament and Accused No. 4, filed a criminal petition seeking pre-arrest bail under Section 482 of the Bharati…

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 §482 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 §528 CrPC §437 CrPC §438

15 July 2025 · Justice T. Mallikarjuna Rao

Criminal HP HC

Joginder Chauhan vs Roshan Lal

Negotiable Instruments Act §138 Negotiable Instruments Act §118(a) Negotiable Instruments Act §139 CrPC §313

14 July 2025 · Hon'ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla

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Kathyayini vs Sidharth P.S. Reddy & Ors.

The High Court quashed the criminal proceedings against respondent nos.1 and 2 in two complaint cases whereby they were charged for offences…

IPC

14 July 2025 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale

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Madhukar & Ors. vs The State of Maharashtra

Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the High Court erred in dismissing the petitions filed by the appellants u/s.482, CrPC s…

CrPC IPC

14 July 2025 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sanjay Kumar

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Asian Paints Limited vs Ram Babu & Another

Whether the appellant-company falls under the definition of ‘victim’ in terms of s.2(wa) r/w the proviso to s.372, CrPC or whether s.378, Cr…

CrPC IPC Trade Marks Act, 1999 Copyright Act, 1957

14 July 2025 · Allowed · Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Prashant Kumar Mishra

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Kum. Shubha @ Shubhashankar vs State of Karnataka & Anr.

Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the conviction of the appellants by the High Court u/s.302 read with s.120-B, IPC and ad…

IPC Constitution Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Evidence Act

14 July 2025 · Dismissed · M.M. Sundresh, Aravind Kumar

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Shailesh Kumar Singh Alias Shailesh R. Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

Whether the High Court erred in passing the impugned order, in the writ petition filed by the appellant for quashing of the FIR lodged by th…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 CrPC Constitution IB Code, 2016

14 July 2025 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

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Dhanasingh Prabhu vs Chandrasekar & Another

The appellant-complainant advanced a loan of Rs.21,00,000/- to the respondents, who are partners in the partnership firm 'Mouriya Coirs'. In…

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 §138 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 §141 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 §142 CrPC §482

14 July 2025 · Nagarathna, J.

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Tejinder Singh vs Govinder Singh and Another

The petitioner, Tejinder Singh, filed a criminal revision before the Himachal Pradesh High Court challenging the judgment dated 30.11.2021 p…

IPC §120-B IPC §420 IPC §467 IPC §468

8 July 2025 · Hon'ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla

Criminal Patna HC ✓ HN

Chandeshwar Das @ Baba Ji @ Baba Jee vs The State Of Bihar

The appellant challenged the judgment of conviction dated 30.09.2024 and order of sentence dated 07.10.2024 passed by the learned District a…

IPC §302 Arms Act §27 CrPC §374(2) CrPC §389(1)

2 July 2025 · Vipul M. Pancholi, Sunil Dutta Mishra

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Savitri Devi vs Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank, Kharsi through its Branch Manager

The petitioner/accused filed a criminal revision against the judgment dated 25.2.2022 of the Sessions Judge, Bilaspur, which had partly uphe…

Negotiable Instruments Act §138 Regional Rural Bank Act, 1976 CrPC §313

2 July 2025 · Hon'ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla

Criminal Delhi HC ✓ HN

Gulshan Babbar Advocate vs State Of Nct Of Delhi & Ors

The Petitioner, an advocate, filed multiple writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Delhi High Court seekin…

Constitution §226 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 §5(1)

2 July 2025 · Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, J.

Criminal HP HC ✓ HN

Ravinder Kumar vs Sushil Junk Scrap Dealer & Ors

The petitioner filed a criminal revision before the Himachal Pradesh High Court challenging the judgment dated 24.11.2023 passed by the Addi…

Negotiable Instruments Act §138 Negotiable Instruments Act §118(a) Negotiable Instruments Act §139 CrPC §313

1 July 2025 · Hon'ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla

Criminal Delhi HC ✓ HN

Brig Dinesh Khatri & Anr vs The State Govt Of Nct Of Delhi & Anr

The petitioners, father-in-law and mother-in-law of the complainant Neha Khatri, filed two writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitut…

Constitution §226 CrPC §482 IPC §498A IPC §323

28 June 2025 · Neena Bansal Krishna

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Rahil & Anr. vs State (Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi)

Whether the High Court erred in reversing the acquittal passed by the trial court and convicting the appellants for offence u/s.302, Penal C…

IPC

25 June 2025 · Allowed · Sandeep Mehta, Joymalya Bagchi