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Supreme Court judgments on Section 313, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

8 judgments, latest first, from 2020 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 313 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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Examination of accused (Section 313 CrPC) 42
Ramji Prasad Jaiswal @ Ramjee Prasad Jaiswal and Ors. vs State of Bihar
SC · 20 May 2025
[2025] 6 S.C.R. 582 : 2025 INSC 738
Whether in the facts of the case there was a breach of s.313, CrPC causing prejudice to the appellants and vitiating the trial against them.
Chunni Bai vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 28 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 1816 : 2025 INSC 577
Whether the accused at the time of commission of crime was incapable of making conscious and informed decision or was suffering from certain mental incapacity or unsoundness of mind; Whether a benefit of doubt may be ext…
Aejaz Ahmad Sheikh vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 22 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 1507 : 2025 INSC 529
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court by which the accused was acquitted of the offence punishable u/s.302 IPC.
Naresh Kumar vs State of Delhi
SC · 8 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 178 : 2024 INSC 464
Non-questioning the appellant convicted u/s.302 r/w s.34, Penal Code, 1860 on the twin incriminating circumstances during his examination u/s.313, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, if caused material prejudice to him vit…
Kalicharan & Ors. vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 14 December 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 56 : 2022 INSC 1277
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.213, 313 – Failure to comply with the requirements of s.213 and s.313 – The Fast track Court convicted accused nos.1, 2, 3 and 4 for offences punishable u/s. 302, 307 of the IPC alon…
Jai Prakash Tiwari vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 4 August 2022
[2022] 10 S.C.R. 198 : 2022 INSC 791
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 313 – Power to examine the accused – Object and scope of – Held: s. 313 confers a valuable right upon an accused to establish his innocence – Purpose of s. 313 is to provide the accus…
Mohd. Firoz vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 19 April 2022
[2022] 19 S.C.R. 168 : 2022 INSC 429
Penal Code, 1860 – Ss. 302, 376(2)(i), 376(2)(m), 363, 366, 376A – Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) – ss. 5 (i), 5 (m), 6 – Evidence Act, 1872 – s. 106 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss…
Chaman Lal vs The State of Himachal Pradesh
SC · 3 December 2020
[2020] 12 S.C.R. 1000 : 2020 INSC 675
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.378, 313 – Appeal against acquittal – FIR lodged against appellant-accused alleging that when the prosecutrix used to go to jungle to graze goats and cattle, appellant also used to c…

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