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Supreme Court judgments on Section 27, Arms Act, 1959

7 judgments, latest first, from 2022 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 27 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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…

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