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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
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan University & Another vs Union of India & Others
SC · 17 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 920 : 2019 INSC 57
Penal Code, 1860 – s.193 – False Evidence – False statement made before the Court on the basis of a fabricated document – Petitioner No.2- College was permitted by the respondents to admit MBBS students – There were recu…
Ashish Jain vs Makrand Singh and Ors.
SC · 14 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 345 : 2019 INSC 47
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34, 394/34 and 449 – ss. 11/13 of Madhya Pradesh Dakaiti and Vyapharan Prabhavit Kshetra Adhiniyam, 1981 and ss. 25(1)(b)(a) r/w s. 27 of Arms Act, 1959 – Prosecution under – Of three accused –…
Devi Lal vs State of Rajasthan
SC · 8 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 168 : 2019 INSC 29
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 and s.120B – Murder alleged against four accused – Prosecution – Circumstantial evidence – Trial court convicted the two appellants-accused relying on evidence of three witnesses and on extra-jud…
Mahadevappa vs State of Karnataka Rep. by Public Prosecutor
SC · 7 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 39 : 2019 INSC 15
Penal Code, 1860 – s.498A r/w s.302 – Dowry death – Death by burn injuries – Prosecution case was that the appellant-husband poured kerosene on his wife and set her on fire which resulted in her death – Trial court held…
V. Ravi Kumar vs State, Rep. by Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Salem, Tamil Nadu & Ors.
SC · 14 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 828 : 2018 INSC 1205
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 420 and 409 r/w. s.34 – Appellant alleged that he supplied cotton lint to a Mill for conversion into yarn, however, all the respondents-accused connived with each other and sold entire lint and app…
Gupteswar Behera vs State of Odisha and Another
SC · 14 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1209 : 2018 INSC 1211
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 148, 149 and 302 – Prosecution case that victim attacked by five persons with sticks, axe and knife – PW 1, brother of the victim and investigating officer reached the place of occurrence – Victim,…
State of Rajasthan vs Leela Ram @ Leela Dhar
SC · 13 December 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 621 : 2018 INSC 1198
Penal Code, 1860: s.304 Part II – Conviction of respondent under s.302 IPC – High Court modified his conviction to one under s.304 Part II – Prosecution case was that three persons including the respondent attacked the v…
Nipun Saxena & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 11 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 755 : 2018 INSC 1192
Penal Code, 1860 – s.228A – Victims of sexual offences – Protection of their identity – Directions issued – Held: No person can print or publish the name of the victim or disclose any facts which can lead to the victim b…
Shanthamalleshappa vs State of Karnataka
SC · 10 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1152 : 2018 INSC 1183
Penal Code, 1860 – s.436 r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case was that accused no. 1 along with accused no.2 to 4 threw kerosene oil on the thatched shed situated in front of the house of PW-1(sisterin-law of accused no.1) and a…
State of Uttar Pradesh vs Wasif Haider etc.
SC · 10 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1161 : 2018 INSC 1181
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 and 307 r/w ss.149, 148 – Appeal against acquittal – PW-2-Police Official got to know that a crowd of around 200-300 rioters was causing rampage and destruction at a temple – PW-2 accompanied by…
Surendra Singh & Anr. vs State of Uttarakhand
SC · 4 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1056 : 2018 INSC 1148
Penal Code, 1860: ss.457, 380 and 302/34 – Prosecution under – Of three accused – Circumstantial evidence – Conviction of all the three accused by courts below – Appeal against A-1 abated due to death of A-1 during pende…
Kanubhai Bhagvanbhai Nayak vs State of Gujarat
SC · 3 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 452 : 2018 INSC 1130
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 – Conviction under s.302 by trial court – High Court confirmed conviction and sentence – Appeal against conviction on the ground that in the order of High Court, there was neither any reference of…
Narayan Malhari Thorat vs Vinayak Deorao Bhagat and Anr.
SC · 28 November 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 232 : 2018 INSC 1117
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 306 – Appellant’s son and daughterin-law were teachers in a school where the respondent was also a teacher – Respondent allegedly used to call on the mobile of the appellant’s daughter-in-law and ha…
The State of Himachal Pradesh vs Manga Singh
SC · 28 November 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 904 : 2018 INSC 1120
Penal Code, 1860 – s.376 – Prosecutrix-PW-4 was staying in her aunt’s house – Respondent-accused is son of the aunt – FIR filed stating that the respondent used to make the prosecutrix sleep with him and commit sexual in…
Palani vs State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 27 November 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 658 : 2018 INSC 1105
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.148, 435 r/w. s.149 and s.302 r/w. s.149 – Case of the prosecution that when mother and brother of ‘S’ (PW-1 and PW-2 respectively) were going in an auto, ‘S’ along with PW-3 followed them on a moto…
Jangir Singh vs The State of Punjab
SC · 31 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 731 : 2018 INSC 1025
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304 Part I and 300 Exception II - Right to private defence – Benefit of – On facts, altercation between the appellant and the victim, in presence of other colleagues – Victim aimed rifle at the appe…
State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) vs Pankaj Chaudhary and Ors.
SC · 30 October 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 78 : 2018 INSC 1017
Penal Code, 1860 – s.376(2)(g) – Case of the prosecution that accused-respondents, living in the neighbourhood of the prosecutrix entered her jhuggi on 28.07.1997 at about 9.00 pm and raped her – Trial court convicted th…
Ramvir vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 26 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 547 : 2018 INSC 999
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.148, 149 and 302 – Case of the prosecution that the appellant along with five other persons armed with guns surrounded one ‘S’ and his son and fired shots whereupon ‘S’ on receiving injuries fell do…
Asar Mohammad and Ors. vs The State of U.P.
SC · 24 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 248 : 2018 INSC 985
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 201 – Murder – Circumstantial evidence – Prosecution of three accused – Confessional statement of one accused (appellant No.1) – Recovery of dead bodies at his instance – FIR lodged on the b…
Bhagirath vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 23 October 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 604 : 2018 INSC 975
Penal Code, 1860 – Exception 4 to s.300 – Death caused in sudden fight without premeditation – Prosecution case was that victim was surrounded by the appellant-accused and other accused persons – In a verbal quarrel betw…
Uppala Bixam @ Bixmaiah vs The State of Andhra Pradesh
SC · 11 October 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 600 : 2018 INSC 953
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 201 – Murder – Prosecution case that a shepherd took his sheeps for grazing and did not return home – On basis of confessional statement of appellant, recovery of the dead body of the shephe…
Bilal Hajar @ Abdul Hameed vs State Rep. by the Inspector of Police
SC · 10 October 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 781 : 2018 INSC 945
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 120-B – Conviction under – Prosecution case was that the nine accused (A-1 to A-9) hatched a criminal conspiracy in the house of appellant (A-6) to murder the victim – Trial Court convicted A-1 to A…
Hemudan Nanbha Gadhvi vs State of Gujarat
SC · 28 September 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 672 : 2018 INSC 909
Penal Code, 1860: s.376(2)(f) – Sexual assault on minor – Accused-appellant was identified by prosecutrix in test identification parade – However, six months later, while deposing during trial, the prosecutrix and the ot…
Joseph Shine vs Union of India
SC · 27 September 2018
[2018] 11 S.C.R. 765 : 2018 INSC 898
Penal Code, 1860: s.497 – s. 198 of Cr.P.C – Offence of Adultery – Whether unconstitutional, being violative of Articles 14, 15 and 21 – Held: (Per Court): s. 497 IPC and s. 198 Cr.P.C. being violative of Articles 14, 15…
State of Madhya Pradesh vs Chhaakki Lal and Another
SC · 26 September 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 184 : 2018 INSC 889
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Appeal against acquittal – Case of the prosecution that accused no.1 and 2 shot dead PW-1’s daughter and three other relatives while they were going along with PW-1 towards the fields to cut cr…
Smt. Shamim vs State (Gnct of Delhi)
SC · 19 September 2018
[2018] 11 S.C.R. 677 : 2018 INSC 833
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302/307/34 – Appellant-accused strongly opposed the marriage between her daughter (PW-4) and PW-1 – Brother and mother of PW-1 shot dead on the first floor of their house – Appellant’s acquittal rev…
Social Action Forum for Manav Adhikar and Another vs Union of India Ministry of Law and Justice and Others
SC · 14 September 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 19 : 2018 INSC 820
Penal Code, 1860 – s.498-A – Matrimonial disputes – Directions issued in Rajesh Sharma and Others v. State of U.P. and Another, [2017] 9 SCR 529 – Modification in – Amicus Curiae contended that directions issued in the R…
Maqbool vs The State of Uttar Pradesh and Another
SC · 7 September 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 885 : 2018 INSC 799
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.326A and 326B – Offence under, whether attracted, if the injury in an acid attack is simple – Plea of appellant for discharge u/s.326A on the ground that the injury caused was simple as per the medi…
C. R. Kariyappa vs State of Karnataka
SC · 5 September 2018
[2018] 11 S.C.R. 150 : 2018 INSC 786
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 325 and 326 – Voluntarily causing grievous hurt – On facts, appellant-school teacher assaulted a second class student with wooden stick resulting in loss of eye sight on the left eye – Acquittal by…
Yashwant etc. vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 4 September 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 654 : 2018 INSC 777
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 304 and ss.330,354,355, 342 r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case was that the police officials took victim into custody in order to extract information regarding a ‘loot’ in a hotel – It was alleged th…

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