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Supreme Court judgments on Indian Penal Code, 1860

608 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. 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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Criminal breach of trust by public servant (Section 409 IPC) 13Murder (Section 302 IPC / 103 BNS) 320Cruelty and Section 498A IPC / 85 BNS 69
Dhanraj vs State of Rajasthan
SC · 7 September 2026
[2026] 9 S.C.R. 523 : 2026 INSC 958
Accused-appellant was convicted u/ss.376, 376(2)(i)(j), 363, 323 of IPC. Whether the High Court fell in grave error in convicting and affirming the conviction of the accused-appellant.
Gour Acharjee vs The State of Tripura & Ors.
SC · 25 May 2026
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 604 : 2026 INSC 535
Whether, in a case of death occurring within the absolute privacy of a matrimonial home, the prosecution has established beyond reasonable doubt that the victim’s death was a homicidal hanging staged by the appellant-hus…
Talari Naresh vs The State of Telangana
SC · 13 May 2026
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 294 : 2026 INSC 486
The present appeal by the appellant-convict is directed against judgment and order dated 04.02.2025 of the High Court. Thereby, the High Court confirmed the conviction and sentence against the appellant and held the appe…
Narayana Health & Ors. vs The State of West Bengal & Ors.
SC · 12 May 2026
[2026] 5 S.C.R. 584 : 2026 INSC 481
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court setting aside the summoning order passed by the Magistrate and remanding the matter, regarding complicity of first appellant-corporate entity r…
Milind S/o Ashruba Dhanve and Ors. vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 10 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 565 : 2026 INSC 355
Whether the Appellants are entitled to the benefit of ss.3 and 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, and if so, to what extent; whether the benefit of s.4 of the 1958 Act is available to an offender who has been sen…
Roma Ahuja vs The State and Another
SC · 9 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 459 : 2026 INSC 336
What would be the relevant date for computation of the period of limitation, whether it is the date when the criminal complaint is filed or the date when the Court/Magistrate takes cognizance.
Sivakumar vs State Rep. By The Inspector of Police
SC · 6 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 368 : 2026 INSC 318
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court whereby it reversed the acquittal of A-1 and A-2 for the offence punishable u/s.294(b) IPC and convicted them for the said offence; conviction of A…
Dr. S. Balagopal vs State of Tamil Nadu & Anr.
SC · 6 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 381 : 2026 INSC 319
Issue arose whether the High Court was right in not quashing the proceedings against the appellant surgeon who performed Orchidectomy-removal of testicle on the one and a half year boy, without obtaining the consent by t…
V. Ganesan vs State Rep by the Sub Inspector of Police & Anr.
SC · 19 March 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 239 : 2026 INSC 265
Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in declining to quash proceedings u/s.420 IPC.
Subramani vs State of Karnataka
SC · 17 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 576 : 2026 INSC 249
Whether the appellant is guilty of the offences u/ss.302 and 498A of IPC and whether the sentence (two years of simple imprisonment along with fine of Rs.2,000/- and in default in payment of the same, with a further thre…
Pooranmal vs The State of Rajasthan & Anr.
SC · 10 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 314 : 2026 INSC 217
Whether the conviction of the appellant-P based solely on circumstantial evidence as convicted by the trial court and upheld by the High Court could be sustained in law. Whether the incriminating evidence are proved by c…
Central Bureau of Investigation vs Baljeet Singh
SC · 10 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 415 : 2026 INSC 221
Bereft of proof of the conspiracy theory and finding absence of the demand of bribe, the conviction of both the accused (A1 and A2) was overturned by the High Court.
Dr. Sushil Kumar Purbey & Anr. vs The State of Bihar and Ors.
SC · 9 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 293 : 2026 INSC 212
Issue arose whether the High Court erred in granting the relief of quashing solely to sister-in-law, on the ground that the allegations against her were general in nature, while declining the same relief to the appellant…
The State of Uttar Pradesh vs Anurudh & Anr
SC · 9 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 770 : 2026 INSC 47
Whether u/s.439, CrPC the High Court could have issued directions, mandating age determination test to be conducted in all cases involving the POCSO Act. This larger question involves twin considerations, one on the aspe…
Surender Kumar vs State of Himachal Pradesh
SC · 9 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 439 : 2025 INSC 1412
Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the appellant could be convicted for an offence lesser than one punishable u/s.302, Penal Code, 1860.
Govind Mandavi vs State of Chattisgarh
SC · 8 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 560 : 2025 INSC 1399
Whether the trial Court as well as the High Court committed grave errors in facts as well as in law while appreciating the evidence available on record and convicting the accused-appellant for the offences alleged u/s.30…
Tuhin Kumar Biswas @ Bumba vs The State of West Bengal
SC · 2 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 258 : 2025 INSC 1373
The Revision Petition filed by the Appellant-accused against the order dismissing the discharge application filed by the Appellant in FIR No.50/2020 dated 19.03.2020 lodged with police station Bidhannagar North, was dism…
Raj Kumar @ Bheema vs State of NCT of Delhi
SC · 17 November 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 221 : 2025 INSC 1322
Appellant-accused was convicted for the offence punishable u/s.302 IPC. The High Court further affirmed the order on sentence dated 20.02.2021, whereby the accused-appellant was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life…
R. Rajendran vs Kamar Nisha and Others
SC · 10 November 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 123 : 2025 INSC 1304
The High Court directed the appellant to appear before a Hospital for collection of blood samples for DNA profiling. Whether the High Court was justified in directing the appellant to undergo DNA testing.
Dashwanth vs State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 8 October 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 587 : 2025 INSC 1203
Trial Court found appellant guilty for the charges framed u/ss.302, 201, 363, 366 and 354-B of the IPC and s.8 r/w. s.7 and s.6 r/w. s.5(m) of the POCSO Act. An appeal against the said conviction was dismissed by the Hig…
Rajendra Singh and Ors. vs State of Uttaranchal Etc.
SC · 7 October 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 342 : 2025 INSC 1193
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court convicting the appellants u/s.302 IPC; and whether the appellants are the real persons who chased the deceased and killed him.
Nilesh Baburao Gitte vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 7 October 2025
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 37 : 2025 INSC 1191
Appellant was convicted for matricide-killing of one’s own mother. By the present appeal, the appellant calls in question the correctness of the judgment of the High Court.
Zainul vs The State of Bihar
SC · 7 October 2025
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 60 : 2025 INSC 1192
The High Court dismissed the appeal preferred by the appellants herein and thereby affirmed the judgment and order of conviction passed by the Trial Court in Sessions Case No. 124 of 1989 holding the appellants herein gu…
Nazim & Ors. vs The State of Uttarakhand
SC · 6 October 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 263 : 2025 INSC 1184
Whether the prosecution has succeeded in establishing, beyond a reasonable doubt, a complete chain of circumstances leading only to the conclusion of guilt of the Appellants, or whether the circumstances leave room for r…
Nagamma @ Nagarathna & Ors. vs The State of Karnataka
SC · 22 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 1239 : 2025 INSC 1135
In the instant case, whether the motive projected and the crime has been proved and whether the circumstances lead to the culpability of the accused.
Thammineni Bhaskar vs The State of Andhra Pradesh
SC · 17 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 1064 : 2025 INSC 1124
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the courts below convicting and sentencing the appellant u/ss.302, 364 and 201 IPC for kidnapping and murder of the informant’s son.
Maniklal Sahu vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 12 September 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 212 : 2025 INSC 1107
Whether the High Court committed any error in bringing the case within the ambit of “attempt to commit murder” punishable u/s.307 IPC on the ground that the deceased-R died after a period of nine months from the date of…
Mohammad Afzal Mohammad Sharif vs The State of Maharashtra and Others
SC · 11 September 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 78 : 2025 INSC 1100
The complaint of the appellant before the High Court was that the police officers concerned had failed in their duty by not registering a First Information Report apropos the attack and assault on him by four individuals…
Akhtar Ali @ Ali Akhtar @ Shamim @ Raja Ustad vs State of Uttarakhand
SC · 10 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 585 : 2025 INSC 1097
Whether the conviction of the appellants, as recorded by the trial Court and affirmed by the High Court, deserves to be upheld or whether they are entitled to acquittal.
Jupally Lakshmikantha Reddy vs State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 10 September 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 58 : 2025 INSC 1096
Whether the High Court erred in refusing to quash the proceedings u/s.420, IPC against the appellant.

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