Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel vs State of U.P.
SC · 4 November 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 1035 : 2022 INSC 1164
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w s.149, s.307 r/w s.149 and s.148 – Arms Act, 1959 – ss.25 and 30 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.293 – Murder of five persons – Seven accused – The deceased belonged to or were associ…
The State of Jharkhand vs Shailendra Kumar Rai @ Pandav Rai
SC · 31 October 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 1033 : 2022 INSC 1139
Evidence Act, 1872 – s.32(1) – Dying declaration – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302,376,341 and 448 – Victim was raped and set on fire – Respondent was convicted u/ss. 302, 341, 376,448 by the Sessions Court onthebasis of dying…
Md. Jabbar Ali & Ors. vs The State of Assam
SC · 17 October 2022
[2022] 15 S.C.R. 773 : 2022 INSC 1096
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 r/w 149, 148,123 and 447 – Trial court convicted accused persons under different provisions of IPC including ss. 302 r/w 149, 148,123 and 447 – Prosecution had examined ten witnesses before tria…
Bohatti Devi vs The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 30 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 283 : 2022 INSC 1052
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 120B – Bail – Respondent no.2accused granted bail by High Court – On appeal, held : No cogent reasons have been given by the High Court while releasing the respondent no.2 on bail, germane to t…
Munikrishna @ Krishna etc. vs State by Ulsoor Ps
SC · 30 September 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 415 : 2022 INSC 1322
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 34 – Constitution of India – Article 20(3) – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.161 – Evidence Act – ss.25, 27 – Murder of old aged person – Circumstantial Evidence – Appellants were convicte…
Chotkau vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 28 September 2022
[2022] 9 S.C.R. 601 : 2022 INSC 1032
Penal Code, 1860: ss.376, 302 – Rape and murder – Conviction for, and death sentence by courts below – Challenged – Held: There were very serious contradictions in the evidence tendered by prosecution witnesses on crucia…
Aminuddin vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 23 September 2022
[2022] 19 S.C.R. 271 : 2022 INSC 1020
Bail – Grant of, on parity – When not justified – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 148, 149, 302, 352 and 34 – Held: When the bail granted to co-accused person has been disapproved by Supreme Court and such grant of bail to co…
Dibaker Nunia & Anr. vs The State of Assam
SC · 30 August 2022
[2022] 6 S.C.R. 1151 : 2022 INSC 886
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 34 – Eye-witnesses, when not reliable – Person brutally assaulted, received multiple injuries on vital parts, died – Appellants convicted u/s.302/34 – On appeal, held: Findings in question are…
Munuwa @ Satish etc. vs The State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 26 August 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 86 : 2022 INSC 874
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 34, 302, 307 – Murder – On the fateful day, while the victim-principal of the College was sitting with his family physician and private practitioner-PW-6 outside his office of the college campus, th…
Rajbir Singh vs The State of Punjab
SC · 24 August 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 80 : 2022 INSC 858
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Death by poisoning alleged – Circumstantial evidence – As per the prosecution, PW-1-informant’s wife died after consuming the milk brought from the appellant, residing in the neighbourhood and…
Ramabora @ Ramaboraiah & Anr. vs State of Karnataka
SC · 10 August 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 827 : 2022 INSC 809
Penal Code,1860 – ss.143,144,148,147,448,302 and 149 – 22 accused formed unlawful assembly, armed with deadly weapon and trespassed into the house of victim-deceased and committed the murder of victim in furtherance of a…
Sanjay Puran Bagde & Anr. vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 28 July 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 178 : 2022 INSC 766
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w s.34 – Murder – Common intention – On the fateful night at about 3 a.m., the victim and his wife (eye witness) woke up and while the wife was doing preparations for cooking, the husband went…
Prahlad vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 27 July 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 82 : 2022 INSC 753
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302,120B and 34 – Arms Act, 1959 – ss.25,27 – Acquittal under – Prosecution case was that victimdeceased had political enmity with three accused (A-1, A-2 and A3) – All three accused hatched a consp…
Mekala Sivaiah vs The State of Andhra Pradesh
SC · 15 July 2022
[2022] 6 S.C.R. 989 : 2022 INSC 727
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Murder – On account of previous grudge, accused armed with knife, sprinkled chilli powder into the eyes of the agriculturalist and stabbed him on the chest and abdomen, resulting in grievous in…
Ajmal vs The State of Kerala
SC · 12 July 2022
[2022] 14 S.C.R. 503 : 2022 INSC 709
Penal Code, 1860: ss.34, 149, 302, 304 Part II– Culpable homicide not amounting to murder – Deceased along with other friends were stopped by ten accused persons – Verbal altercation took place – Deceased was beaten by a…
Hajabhai Rajashibhai Odedara vs State of Gujarat
SC · 11 July 2022
[2022] 6 S.C.R. 971 : 2022 INSC 704
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 307, 328 – Murder – Prosecution case that the accused and co-accused with the object of getting married, hatched a conspiracy and killed the mother and the uncle of co-accused by strangulation…
Uttam vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 2 June 2022
[2022] 5 S.C.R. 863 : 2022 INSC 634
Evidence Act, 1872 – Multiple dying declarations – Admissibility, evidentiary value of – Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Appellant convicted u/s.302 for having murdered his wife by pouring kerosene on her and setting her on f…
Manoj & Ors. vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 20 May 2022
[2022] 9 S.C.R. 452 : 2022 INSC 606
Sentence / Sentencing – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 397 – Triple murder, in course of robbery – Three accused – Trial Court convicted the accused-appellants u/s. 302 IPC and imposed death penalty on them – High Court conf…
Veerendra vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 13 May 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 225 : 2022 INSC 565
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 376A, 376 (2)(i), 302 – POCSO Act – s. 6 – Rape and murder of a minor girl – Prosecution case that appellant-accused had raped and throttled to cause death of victim, who was daughter of appellant’…
