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Supreme Court judgments on Section 25, Arms Act, 1959

16 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 25 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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.
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.…
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…
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,…
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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