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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
Mustak @ Kanio Ahmed Shaikh vs State of Gujarat
SC · 18 June 2020
[2020] 5 S.C.R. 360 : 2020 INSC 435
Penal Code, 1860 – s.307 r/w. s.114 – Arms Act – s.25(1)(B)(a) – Bombay Police Act – s.135(1) – Attempt to murder – Prosecution case that victim, who was going to his laboratory was shot on face in his car from a motorbi…
Somasundaram @ Somu vs The State Rep. by the Deputy Commissioner of Police
SC · 3 June 2020
[2020] 10 S.C.R. 27 : 2020 INSC 412
Penal Code, 1860: ss.365 and 302 – Abduction followed by murder in appropriate cases can enable a court to presume that the abductor is the murderer – The principle is that after abduction, the abductor would be in a pos…
Sonu @ Sunil vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 29 May 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 269 : 2020 INSC 409
Penal Code, 1860: ss.394, 460, 302 r/w s.34 – Robbery and murder – Five accused including appellant – Case based on circumstantial evidence – Prosecution case was that the victimdeceased resided alone in his house – On 9…
Bhagwan Singh vs State of Uttarakhand
SC · 18 March 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 957 : 2020 INSC 310
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304-II and 308 – Culpable homicide not amounting to murder – In a marriage ceremony, father of the groom-appellant aimed the gun towards the roof and then fired – Gun shot firing resulting in death…
Manoj Suryavanshi vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 5 March 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 1 : 2020 INSC 275
Penal Code, 1860: ss.302, 364 – Murder of three minor children – Case based on circumstantial evidence – Prosecution case was that the complainant lodged missing report of his three minor children aged about 8 years, 6 y…
Parvat Singh & Ors. vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 2 March 2020
[2020] 2 S.C.R. 964 : 2020 INSC 244
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w s. 149 – Murder – All the accused including the appellants came to be tried by the Trial Court for the offences u/s. 302 r/w. s. 149 of the IPC for having killed son of the informant-PW-8 –…
Shri Satish Kumar & Anr. vs The State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 2 March 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 1144 : 2020 INSC 251
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.34 – Prosecution case was that the informant was the daughter of the victim-deceased – As per her statement, the deceased had left in the morning on the fateful day to meet one ‘K’ and there…
Santosh Prasad @ Santosh Kumar vs The State of Bihar
SC · 14 February 2020
[2020] 2 S.C.R. 798 : 2020 INSC 192
Penal Code, 1860: ss.376(1), 450 – Rape – Prosecution case was that the accused-appellant committed rape on prosecutrix who was his brother’s wife – Conviction by courts below, solely based on deposition of prosecutrix –…
Chhota Ahirwar vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 6 February 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 776 : 2020 INSC 138
Penal Code, 1860: ss.307/34 – Attempt to murder with common intent – Applicability of s.34 – Prosecution case was that PW-3-complainant, the accused appellant and the main accused were related to each other – There was p…
Basheera Begam vs Mohammed Ibrahim & Ors.
SC · 31 January 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 562 : 2020 INSC 116
Penal Code, 1860 – s.120B & s.302 r/w s.34 – Case based on circumstantial evidence – Case of prosecution that D2 (son of A4) and D1 (nephew of A3) were friends – Brother of A3 & A4 and uncle of D2, who lived in Malaysia,…
Sardar Ali Khan vs The State of Uttar Pradesh through Principal Secretary Home Department & Anr.
SC · 24 January 2020
[2020] 1 S.C.R. 145 : 2020 INSC 90
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 418, 419, 420, 467 & 468 and 471 – A plot was owned by the father of the 2nd respondent and appellant claimed purchase of such plot by sale deed dated 29.12.1993 which was registered on 05.01.1994…
Paul vs State of Kerala
SC · 21 January 2020
[2020] 1 S.C.R. 1091 : 2020 INSC 69
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Prosecution under – Initially acquittal by trial court – On appeal, case remanded to trial court – On remand conviction by Trial Court – Conviction affirmed by High Court – Appeal to Supreme Co…
Duleshwar & Anr. vs The State of M.P. (Now Chhattisgarh)
SC · 21 January 2020
[2020] 5 S.C.R. 1001 : 2020 INSC 61
Penal Code,1860: ss. 147, 148, 302, 302/149 and 325 - Prosecution under – Of 18 accused persons – For causing grievous injury to one person PW1 and causing death of another – In two different incidents – Eye-witnesses to…
Purshottam Chopra & Anr. vs State (Govt. of NCT Delhi)
SC · 7 January 2020
[2020] 1 S.C.R. 341 : 2020 INSC 5
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r/w s. 34 – Murder – By two accused – Setting the deceased on fire – Information given to Police Control Room (PCR) – Officials of PCR took the victim to the hospital – Statement made by the vict…
Kanwar Pal Singh vs The State of Uttar Pradesh and Another
SC · 18 December 2019
[2019] 18 S.C.R. 1158 : 2019 INSC 1406
Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 – ss.4, 21 and 22 – Penal Code, 1860 – s.379 – Uttar Pradesh Minor Mineral (Concession) Rules, 1963 – rr.3, 7 and 57 – Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act…
Manju vs State of Delhi
SC · 17 December 2019
[2019] 15 S.C.R. 151 : 2019 INSC 1385
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 – Prosecution under – For killing new-born baby girl by strangulating her – Courts below convicted the accused on the basis of circumstantial evidence – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: Conviction…
Suraj Jagannath Jadhav vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 13 December 2019
[2019] 15 S.C.R. 84 : 2019 INSC 1368
Penal Code, 1860 – s.300 Fourthly & Exception 4 to s.300; ss. 302 & 304 Part II – Appellant-accused killed his wife by setting her ablaze – Convicted u/s.302 – Issue limited as to alteration of conviction from s.302 to s…
Ramji Singh & Ors. vs The State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 11 December 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 253 : 2019 INSC 1357
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 149, 452, 449 and 302 – Murder – Prosecution case that six persons (A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5 and A6) who were heavily armed, two of them with guns, killed victim in broad daylight between 12 and…
Raja vs State by the Inspector of Police
SC · 10 December 2019
[2019] 17 S.C.R. 1187 : 2019 INSC 1346
Penal Code,1860: ss. 394, 396, 449, 395/397 – Prosecution under – Of seven accused – Five injuredeye-witnesses – Accused Nos.1 to 6 were identified in Test Identification Parade by all the eye-witnesses – Conviction by t…
Jai Prakash vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
SC · 28 November 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 1056 : 2019 INSC 1294
Penal Code, 1860 : ss. 302 and 120B – Prosecution under – Conviction of three of the four accused by trial court, relying on two eye-witnesses – In appeal, High Court acquitted all the accused – Appeal to Supreme Court –…
V. Rajaram vs State Represented by the Inspector of Police Cbi/Scb
SC · 26 November 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 977 : 2019 INSC 1282
Penal Code, 1860: ss.217 and 221 – Prosecution case was that a group of persons (Accused no.1 to 16) armed with dandas (sticks) and iron rods trespassed into the newspaper office and vandalized it and set it on fire – Th…
State of Madhya Pradesh vs Killu @ Kailash and Ors.
SC · 19 November 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 95 : 2019 INSC 1264
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w. s.149 – Murder by members of an unlawful assembly – Prosecution case that five accused persons entered the house of victim in the midnight and inflicted injuries on him – Consequent to which…
Awadhesh Kumar vs State of U.P. & Anr.
SC · 8 November 2019
[2019] 17 S.C.R. 185 : 2019 INSC 1229
Penal Code, 1860: s.304 Part I – Appeal by complainant challenging the impugned order whereby High Court partly allowed the appeal of original accused no.1-respondent no.2 and converted his conviction from s.302 to s.304…
Kalu alias Laxminarayan vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 7 November 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 327 : 2019 INSC 1218
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Homicidal death within the confines of house – Prosecution case was that appellant husband strangulated his wife to death – Trial court held that the victimdeceased was strangulated to death wh…
State of Uttarakhand vs Darshan Singh
SC · 7 November 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 338 : 2019 INSC 1221
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 148, 149 and 302 – Murder – Acquittal of accused by the High Court – Prosecution case was that PW-1, his father, mother and maternal uncle-PW-4 were going on a tractor and PW-2 was following th…
Imrat Singh & Ors. vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 24 October 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 1047 : 2019 INSC 1190
Penal Code, 1860: ss.148 and 302 r/w. s.149 – Conviction under – By courts below – Relying mainly on two eye-witnesses viz. PW10 and PW11 – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: There are many material contractions in the evid…
State of West Bengal vs Indrajit Kundu & Ors.
SC · 18 October 2019
[2019] 13 S.C.R. 489 : 2019 INSC 1164
Penal Code, 1860 – s.306 r/w s.34 – Abetment of suicide – When not – Victim, daughter of the de-facto complainant was painter and artist – To improve her proficiency in English, first respondent was appointed as her Engl…
Fainul Khan vs State of Jharkhand and Another
SC · 4 October 2019
[2019] 13 S.C.R. 924 : 2019 INSC 1127
Penal Code, 1860: ss.302/149 and ss.323/149 and s.147 – Conviction under – Plea of appellant that charge was framed under ss.302/149 and ss.323/149 against six persons but charge under s.147 was against four persons only…
The State of Arunachal Pradesh vs Ramchandra Rabidas @ Ratan Rabidas & Anr.
SC · 4 October 2019
[2019] 15 S.C.R. 771 : 2019 INSC 1126
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Penal Code, 1860 – Conflict between – The High Court held that road traffic offences shall be dealt with only under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the prosecution of cases o…
Ishwari Lal Yadav vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 3 October 2019
[2019] 13 S.C.R. 893 : 2019 INSC 1115
Penal Code, 1860: ss.364/34 r/w. s.120B, ss.302/34 r/w. s.120B and s.201 – Gruesome murder of small boy as a human sacrifice – Prosecution case was that a child (boy) was found missing from his house – When his parents w…

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