Indian Court Judgments — 2019

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Munishamappa & Ors. vs State of Karnataka

Criminal Law – Appeal against acquittal – Long-standing dispute between families of two brothers, accused no.5 (since deceased) and CW-29 in…

24 January 2019 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Vineet Saran

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Raju Ambadas Gangekar vs The State of Maharashtra

Penal Code, 1860 – s.304, Part II – Murder – Reversal of acquittal – Jurisdiction of Appellate Court – Pursuant to a quarrel, deceased and h…

24 January 2019 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Hemant Gupta

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Nand Kishore vs State of Madhya Pradesh

Sentence/Sentencing – Death sentence – Award of – On facts, rape and murder of a minor girl by appellant aged 50 years – Conviction of the a…

18 January 2019 · Partly allowed · S.A. Bobde, L. Nageswara Rao, R. Subhash Reddy

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Anss Rajashekar vs Augustus Jeba Ananth

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – ss.138 and 139 – Dishonour of cheque – Appeal against conviction – Appellant’s plea was that there was an…

18 January 2019 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

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Yogendra @ Jogendra Singh vs The State of Madhya Pradesh

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 326(A) and 460 – Murder – Conviction and death sentence – High Court affirmed conviction and sentence – Prosecuti…

17 January 2019 · Allowed · S.A. Bobde, L. Nageswara Rao, R. Subhash Reddy

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Himanshu vs B. Shivamurthy & Anr.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s.141 and Proviso to s.138 – Maintainability of Complaint – When cheque was drawn by a person as a direct…

17 January 2019 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Hemant Gupta

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Ashish Jain vs Makrand Singh and Ors.

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34, 394/34 and 449 – ss. 11/13 of Madhya Pradesh Dakaiti and Vyapharan Prabhavit Kshetra Adhiniyam, 1981 and ss. 2…

14 January 2019 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar

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Sri Suresh Kumar Goyal and Others vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Another

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 482 and 245(2) – Jurisdiction u/s. 482 to quash the proceedings before the commencement of actual tri…

11 January 2019 · Allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, D.Y. Chandrachud

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Devi Lal vs State of Rajasthan

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 and s.120B – Murder alleged against four accused – Prosecution – Circumstantial evidence – Trial court convicted th…

8 January 2019 · Allowed · Ranjan Gogoi, K.M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi

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Chander Bhan Singh vs Central Bureau of Investigation and Others

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.397 – Revision – Appellant-complainant filed a writ petition in 2002 seeking registration of criminal c…

8 January 2019 · Disposed · N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar

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Mahadevappa vs State of Karnataka Rep. by Public Prosecutor

Penal Code, 1860 – s.498A r/w s.302 – Dowry death – Death by burn injuries – Prosecution case was that the appellant-husband poured kerosene…

7 January 2019 · Dismissed · Abhay Manohar Sapre, Indu Malhotra

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Monu vs State of U.P. & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Quashing of charge-sheet – Charge-sheet filed under ss.420, 498A, 323, 376, 506 IPC and ss.3 and…

7 January 2019 · Allowed · Abhay Manohar Sapre, R. Subhash Reddy

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Swapan Kumar Chatterjee vs Central Bureau of Investigation

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 311 – Power under – Scope of – Held: The power should be exercised with great caution and circumspectio…

4 January 2019 · Allowed · A.K. Sikri, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Satishchandra Ratanlal Shah vs State of Gujarat and Another

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 – Quashing of charge-sheet under ss.406, 420 and 417 IPC – The case against the appellant-accused wa…

3 January 2019 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar