Supreme Court judgments on Arms Act, 1959

21 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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Section 25 16 Section 27 7

Rajan vs The State of Haryana

SC · 2 September 2025

[2025] 9 S.C.R. 744 : 2025 INSC 1081

Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the courts below convicting and sentencing the appellant for offence punishable u/ss.302/34 IPC and ss.25, 27 of the Arms Act; and delay at the instance of th…

Union of India vs Saleem Khan

SC · 20 August 2025

[2025] 8 S.C.R. 2050 : 2025 INSC 1008

Whether the High Court was justified in granting bail to accused no.11 and rejecting the same of accused no.20.

Gurdeep Singh vs The State of Punjab

SC · 11 August 2025

[2025] 8 S.C.R. 690 : 2025 INSC 957

Issue arose whether the order of conviction and sentence of the appellant for the offences u/ss.307, 353, 332, 225, 186, and 120B IPC and s.25 of the Arms Act, 1959 by the courts below was legally sustainable.

Subhash Aggarwal vs The State of NCT of Delhi

SC · 17 April 2025

[2025] 4 S.C.R. 1320 : 2025 INSC 499

Filicide or suicide is the vexing question in the instant case where a father was tried and convicted u/s.302 of the Penal Code, 1860 r/w. s.25/27 of the Arms Act, 1959.

Vinod @ Nasmulla vs The State of Chhattisgarh

SC · 14 February 2025

[2025] 3 S.C.R. 80 : 2025 INSC 220

Whether the conviction of the appellant under Section 395 read with Section 397 of the Penal Code, 1860 and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 is justified.

Wahid vs State Govt. of NCT of Delhi

SC · 4 February 2025

[2025] 2 S.C.R. 363 : 2025 INSC 145

The appellants herein have preferred appeal against their conviction. Appellant-W was convicted by the Trial Court for offence punishable u/s.392 r/w. s.397 IPC and appellant-A was convicted u/s.392 r/w. s.397 IPC and s.…

Nimai Ghosh & Ors. vs The State of Bihar (Now Jharkhand)

SC · 23 January 2025

[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1932 : 2025 INSC 816

The instant criminal appeal assails the findings recorded by the High Court, thereby convicting the appellants herein u/s.302/34 of IPC and s.27 of the Arms Act, 1959. Whether the findings recorded by the High Court in t…

Sandeep vs State of Uttarakhand

SC · 14 October 2024

[2024] 10 S.C.R. 769 : 2024 INSC 771

The Sessions Court found the appellant guilty of the offence u/s.302 r/w. s.34 IPC, convicted and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life. The judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the Sessions Co…

Shahid Ali vs The State of Uttar Pradesh

SC · 11 March 2024

[2024] 3 S.C.R. 377 : 2024 INSC 191

In a celebratory firing during a marriage ceremony, the Appellant shot the deceased resulting in his demise. Whether the Appellant could be held guilty of the offence under Section 304 Part I or Part II of the IPC as aga…

Case Details State of NCT of Delhi vs Raj Kumar @ Lovepreet @Lovely

SC · 3 January 2024

[2024] 1 S.C.R. 73 : 2024 INSC 11

The High Court granted default bail to the respondent u/s. 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Whether the High Court committed an error in allowing the petition and granting default bail to the respondent.

Ravi Mandal vs State of Uttarakhand

SC · 18 May 2023

[2023] 7 S.C.R. 1 : 2023 INSC 552

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302, 34 and 201 – Arms Act, 1959 – ss. 4 and 25 – Acquittal under – FIR lodged by PW-1 (father of deceased) after founding dead body of his son at 0730 hours on 01.11.2001 in a forest, alleging tha…

Narendrasinh Keshubhai Zala vs State of Gujarat

SC · 16 March 2023

[2023] 2 S.C.R. 746 : 2023 INSC 241

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302/34 – Arms Act, 1959 – ss. 25(1) A, 27(2) – Acquittal of accused – Appellant was accused of having committed the murder of the victim-deceased by shooting at him while he was sitting on a Nala w…

Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel vs State of U.P.

SC · 4 November 2022

[2022] 12 S.C.R. 1035 : 2022 INSC 1164

Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w s.149, s.307 r/w s.149 and s.148 – Arms Act, 1959 – ss.25 and 30 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.293 – Murder of five persons – Seven accused – The deceased belonged to or were associ…

Prahlad vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.

SC · 27 July 2022

[2022] 16 S.C.R. 82 : 2022 INSC 753

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302,120B and 34 – Arms Act, 1959 – ss.25,27 – Acquittal under – Prosecution case was that victimdeceased had political enmity with three accused (A-1, A-2 and A3) – All three accused hatched a consp…

Mohammad Irfan vs State of Karnataka

SC · 11 July 2022

[2022] 10 S.C.R. 827 : 2022 INSC 664

Penal Code, 1860: ss.121 and 121 A – Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by s.121 – Prosecution case that the Investigating Officer, while investigating incident of shoot-out occurred at Indian Institute of Science,…

Tarlochan Singh @ Rana vs State of Punjab

SC · 29 March 2022

[2022] 2 S.C.R. 961 : 2022 INSC 356

Arms Act, 1959: ss. 29 and 30 –Punishment for knowingly purchasing arms, etc., from unlicensed person or for delivering arms, etc., to person not entitled to possess the same – Punishment for contravention of licence or…

Pappu Tiwary vs State of Jharkhand

SC · 31 January 2022

[2022] 8 S.C.R. 121 : 2022 INSC 118

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34 – Arms Act, 1959 – s.27 – Murder – Five people collectively inflicted knife injuries on the deceased after he was shot – Accused P fired at deceased and others inficted knife blows– Convictio…

Rahul vs State of Haryana

SC · 3 March 2021

[2021] 2 S.C.R. 499 : 2021 INSC 145

Indian Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w. s.34 – Arms Act, 1959 – s.25(1B)(a) – Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused suspected that his wife was in illicit relation with the victim-deceased – The appellant informed…

Bikramjit Singh vs The State of Punjab

SC · 12 October 2020

[2020] 12 S.C.R. 875 : 2020 INSC 589

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 167 – Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302, 307, 452, 427, 341, 34 – Arms Act, 1959 – s.25 – Explosive Substances Act, 1908 – ss. 3,4,5,6 – Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – s. 13 –…

Mohd. Anwar vs The State (N.C.T. of Delhi)

SC · 19 August 2020

[2020] 7 S.C.R. 150 : 2020 INSC 496

Penal Code, 1860 – s. 394 – Arms Act, 1959 – s. 25 – The prosecution case was that victim-complainant was caught hold by three boys armed with weapons and extorted Rs. 30,000/- from him – FIR was registered – Police appr…

Mohmed Rafiq Abdul Rahim Shaikh vs The State of Gujarat

SC · 13 September 2018

[2018] 11 S.C.R. 166 : 2018 INSC 813

Arms Act, 1959 – ss. 25(1)(a), 25(1AA) r/w s. 35 – Prohibition of acquisition or possession, or of manufacture or sale, or prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition – On facts, cartridges found in the car driven by accuse…

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