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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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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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The State of Uttar Pradesh vs Raja etc.
SC · 30 August 2018
[2018] 11 S.C.R. 23 : 2018 INSC 771
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w s.34 – Gun shot – Murder of victim-deceased and injuries to his brother – Conviction by trial court on evidence of eye-witness who was victim’s lawyer-brotherPW1 – High Court set aside convic…
Suresh and Anr. vs State of Haryana
SC · 21 August 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 959 : 2018 INSC 734
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.34 – Murder – Circumstantial evidence – Political rivalry – Incident on election day – Prosecution case was that victim-deceased was election agent of the losing candidate – Accused A-1 and…
State of Karnataka vs Srinivasa
SC · 14 August 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 919 : 2018 INSC 703
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 – Death caused by hanging – Prosecution case was that the accused-husband and deceased-wife used to have altercation on account of illicit relationship of accusedhusband with accused no.2 – On the…
Motiram Padu Joshi and Others vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 10 July 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 267 : 2018 INSC 594
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 148 and 302 r/w s.149 – Faction rivalry – Murder – Appeal against conviction – On the fateful day, victim-deceased was lying on the cot in the courtyard and PWs 3 and 4 were sitting near him –…
Devidas Loka Rathod vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 2 July 2018
[2018] 7 S.C.R. 767 : 2018 INSC 560
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302, 324 and 84 – Murder – Plea of unsound mind – Prosecution case that appellant assaulted few with sickle, which resulted in death of one – Appellant then tried to flee from the place of occurren…
Manoj Kumar vs State of Himachal Pradesh
SC · 15 May 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 361 : 2018 INSC 515
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 304 Part-II and 302 – Prosecution case that PW-1 and ‘P’ disturbed with interference of appellants on their land had filed suit against them – It was alleged that when ‘P’ along with PW-13 and DW-1…
Kumar vs State Represented by Inspector of Police
SC · 11 May 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 343 : 2018 INSC 497
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 324 – Conviction by courts below – Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused and the victim-deceased had a verbal spat – On fateful day, appellant came to spot and picked up fight with…
Gurwinder Singh @ Sonu etc. vs State of Punjab and Anr.
SC · 8 May 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 362 : 2018 INSC 457
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 304 Part I, 300 Exception 4, 302 r/w 34 – Murder – Parties assembled to settle land dispute – Exchange of words resulting in scuffle between the parties – Appellant G brought axe from the room – Ap…
Murugan vs State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 2 May 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 677 : 2018 INSC 440
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 364 and 302/34 –Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder – On facts, father not agreeing to proposal of main accused of marriage with his daughter – On the fateful day, main accused alongwith the…
Navaneethakrishnan vs The State by Inspector of Police
SC · 16 April 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 749 : 2018 INSC 343
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w. s.34, ss.364 and 379 – Conviction based on circumstantial evidence – FIR registered by PW-8 stating that ‘J’ employed as driver in his travel agency along with another person took his van an…
Ganapathi & Anr. vs The State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 27 March 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 51 : 2018 INSC 271
Penal Code, 1860 : ss. 302 and 302/34 – Marriage between M and accused no. 4 – However, strained relations between the couple and their families – After a month, accused no. 4 left her matrimonial home, due to grudge bet…
Dev Kanya Tiwari vs The State of U.P.
SC · 12 March 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 281 : 2018 INSC 228
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case that brother of complainant-PW-5 was killed by his wife and in-laws – Defence plea that the deceased had committed suicide by consuming poisonous tablets – During th…
Sudhakar @ Sudharasan vs State Rep. by the Inspector of Police, Srirangam Police Station, Trichy, Tamil Nadu
SC · 12 March 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 612 : 2018 INSC 229
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Prosecution case that appellant was found strangulating the neck of his grandmother with his hands – P.W-1(son-in-law of deceased), who was sleeping in the adjoining room, upon hearing the scre…
Madan @ Madhu Patekar vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 6 February 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 1003 : 2018 INSC 104
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 – Unnatural death by burn injuries – Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused poured kerosene on the victim-deceased and burnt her alive – Trial court convicted appellant under s.302 on the…
Latesh @ Dadu Baburao Karlekar vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 30 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 709 : 2018 INSC 70
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302 and 307 – Prosecution case that six accused persons armed with various weapons, on account of some old enmity, assaulted PW-2 and his brother – A-1 was caught red-handed but other accused perso…
Dashrath @ Jolo & Anr. etc. vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 23 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 368 : 2018 INSC 51
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w s.149 – Murder – Unlawful assembly – On facts, death of three persons and injuries to two by the appellants – Appellants found guilty of forming unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapons, w…
Atul Thakur vs State of Himachal Pradesh etc. etc.
SC · 19 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 245 : 2018 INSC 37
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Assault resulting in death – Prosecution case was that the appellant caused six injuries to deceased by attacking him with a knife on the fateful night in the presence of their friends who had…
Lavghanbhai Devjibhai Vasava vs The State of Gujarat
SC · 10 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 674 : 2018 INSC 20
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Conviction under – If justified – Deceased died during treatment after being hit by appellant-accused (deceased’s husband), when an altercation took place between them in connection with prepar…
State of Himachal Pradesh vs Raj Kumar
SC · 8 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 102 : 2018 INSC 9
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 201 r/w.34 – Case based on circumstantial evidence – Deceased was residing with PW1 (son), PW2 (daughter) and accused-respondent (brother-in-law) – On the fateful night, PW1 heard the cries of…

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