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Supreme Court judgments on Section 302, Indian Penal Code, 1860

269 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 302 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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Tarun Sharma vs State of Haryana
SC · 1 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 1273 : 2025 INSC 1139
Conviction of the appellant u/s.302, IPC based on the statement/dying declaration (Exh. P-34) of the deceased, if ought to be set aside.
Putai vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 26 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 2108 : 2025 INSC 1042
The accused-appellants were convicted for the offences punishable u/ss.376(2)(g), 201 and 302 of Penal Code, 1860. The High Court dismissed the appeals against conviction preferred by the accused-appellants.
Shail Kumari vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 6 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 599 : 2025 INSC 936
Whether the conviction, as recorded by the trial Court and affirmed by the High Court was totally based on conjectures and surmises; whether the conviction of the appellant u/s.302 IPC is sustainable in law.
Shanti Devi vs State of Haryana
SC · 6 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 919 : 2025 INSC 987
Issue arose whether the courts below were justified in convicting and sentencing the appellant for the offences punishable u/ss.302/34 and 201/34 IPC for the alleged murder of the son of the informant.
Narayan Yadav vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 5 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 568 : 2025 INSC 927
Whether the High Court erred in passing the impugned judgment relying on the confessional FIR filed by the appellant-accused himself and the medical evidence to uphold his conviction, however, altering it from s.302, IPC…
Jai Prakash vs State of Uttarakhand
SC · 16 July 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 243 : 2025 INSC 861
Allegation against the appellant herein that he committed a forceful rape and strangulated a 10 year old girl child. The punishment handed down to the appellant by the Courts below was of death penalty. Whether the convi…
Kattavellai @ Devakar vs State of Tamilnadu
SC · 15 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 984 : 2025 INSC 845
Issue arose as to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the order of the conviction and death sentence of the appellant for offence punishable u/ss.302, 376 and 397 IPC.
Kum. Shubha @ Shubhashankar vs State of Karnataka & Anr.
SC · 14 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 859 : 2025 INSC 830
Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the conviction of the appellants by the High Court u/s.302 read with s.120-B, IPC and additionally, s.201, IPC for A-4 alone, is justified.
Chetan vs The State of Karnataka
SC · 30 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 906 : 2025 INSC 793
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the courts below convicting and sentencing the appellant u/ss.302, 304 IPC, and u/ss.3, 5 of the Arms Act, 1959.
Agniraj & Ors. etc. vs State through Deputy Superintendent of Police CB-CID
SC · 23 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 856 : 2025 INSC 774
Whether the High Court was justified in upholding the conviction of the appellants/accused no. 1 to 11 for offences punishable u/ss.302 and 307 r/w. s.149 of the Penal Code, 1860 and the other offences; whether, in the i…
Sakhawat and Anr. vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 23 May 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 139 : 2025 INSC 777
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the conviction of the appellants under various sections of Penal Code, 1860, when the prosecution failed to conduct fair investigation an…
Padman Bibhar vs State of Odisha
SC · 21 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 1116 : 2025 INSC 751
Whether appellant can be convicted only on the basis of evidence on ‘last seen together’.
Baljinder Singh Alias Aman vs State of Punjab & Anr.
SC · 16 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 735 : 2025 INSC 796
Whether the High Court erred in granting bail to the respondentsaccused(s) setting aside the order of the Trial Court by which it declined to grant bail.
Renuka Prasad vs The State Represented by Assistant Superintendent of Police
SC · 9 May 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 160 : 2025 INSC 657
Whether the High Court erred in reversing the acquittal and convicting the accused persons based on the testimony of the IOs which was founded only on s.161, CrPC statements of the witnesses; whether present was a case o…

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