Indian Court Judgments — 2019

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Manoharan vs State by Inspector of Police, Variety Hall Police Station, Coimbatore

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 376 and 201 – Murder – Rape – Co-accused (now deceased) using borrowed school van, picked up a 10-year old girl a…

1 August 2019 · Disposed · R.F. Nariman, Sanjiv Khanna, Surya Kant

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Vijendra vs State of Uttar Pradesh

VIJENDRA v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 1167 of 2019) JULY 31, 2019 [R. BANUMATHI AND A. S. BOPANNA, JJ.] Prevention of Food…

31 July 2019 · Allowed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna

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Chilakamarthi Venkateswarlu & Anr. vs State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Jurisdiction of High Court – Scope of – Appellants and the Respondent No.2-de facto complainant a…

31 July 2019 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Indira Banerjee

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Suryakant Baburao @ Ramrao Phad vs State of Maharashtra and Others

S.C.R. 570 SURYAKANT BABURAO @ RAMRAO PHAD v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS (Criminal Appeal No.1161 of 2019) JULY 30, 2019 [R. BANUMATHI…

30 July 2019 · Partly allowed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna

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Vijay Pandey vs State of Uttar Pradesh

VIJAY PANDEY v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 1143 of 2019) JULY 30, 2019 [ASHOK BHUSHAN AND NAVIN SINHA, JJ.] Narcotic Drugs…

30 July 2019 · Allowed · Ashok Bhushan, Navin Sinha

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Sunita vs State of Haryana

Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Murder – Prosecution case was that one dead body was found burning on ‘Bitora’ (conical storage of cow dung cakes…

30 July 2019 · Allowed · L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta

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G. .J. Raja vs Tejraj Surana

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s.143A inserted by Amendment Act, 2018 w.e.f 01.09.2018 – Operation of – Retrospective or prospective – O…

30 July 2019 · Allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Vineet Saran

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Bharatbhai Bhimabhai Bharwad vs State of Gujarat and Others

Bail: Grant of bail – By trial court imposing certain conditions – Application by the complainant u/s. 439(2) Cr.P.C. before High Court chal…

30 July 2019 · Allowed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna

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Mauji Ram vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 439 – Bail – In a murder case – Denied by Sessions Court – Allowed by High Court – Appeal to Supreme Co…

29 July 2019 · Allowed · Abhay Manohar Sapre, Indu Malhotra

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Ude Singh & Ors. vs State of Haryana

Penal Code, 1860: s.306 r/w s.34 – Abetment to suicide – Prosecution case was that parties were closely related to each other and living in…

25 July 2019 · Disposed · Abhay Manohar Sapre, Dinesh Maheshwari

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Sanjeev Kumar Gupta vs The State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr.

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: s.7A – Prosecution case was that son of the complainant was murdered after a d…

25 July 2019 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Indira Banerjee

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Ranjit Kumar Haldar vs State of Sikkim

RANJIT KUMAR HALDAR v. STATE OF SIKKIM (Criminal Appeal No. 427 of 2014) JULY 25, 2019 [L. NAGESWARA RAO AND HEMANT GUPTA, JJ.] Penal Code,…

25 July 2019 · Dismissed · L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta

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Postman Vengaisamy & Ors. vs State Represented by Inspector of Police & Ors.

Penal Code, 1860: s.302 – Fifteen accused – Prosecution case was that there was history of previous attack on complainant party – On the fat…

24 July 2019 · Dismissed · L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta

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Girish Singh vs The State of Uttarakhand

GIRISH SINGH v. THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND (Criminal Appeal No. 1475 of 2009) JULY 23, 2019 [SANJAY KISHAN KAUL AND K. M. JOSEPH, JJ.] Penal C…

23 July 2019 · Allowed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K.M. Joseph

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Sri A.M.C.S. Swamy a Ade/Dpe/Hyd (Central) vs Mehdi Agah Karbalai & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 – Quashing of criminal proceedings against respondent no.1 under the Electricity Act – The Electrici…

23 July 2019 · Allowed · R. Banumathi, R. Subhash Reddy

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Shiv Prakash Mishra vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Another

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.319 – Power under – Exercise of – Complaint lodged that respondent no.2-SCS along with other accused vi…

23 July 2019 · Dismissed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna

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Sanjay Rajak vs The State of Bihar

SANJAY RAJAK v. THE STATE OF BIHAR (Criminal Appeal No.1070 of 2017) JULY 22, 2019 [ASHOK BHUSHAN AND NAVIN SINHA, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: s.…

22 July 2019 · Dismissed · Ashok Bhushan, Navin Sinha

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Ram Gopal vs Central Bureau of Investigation, Dehradun

Penal Code, 1860: ss.120-B, 420, 467, 468, 471, 477-A and 201 r/w ss. 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – Conviction…

22 July 2019 · Dismissed · Ashok Bhushan, Navin Sinha