Supreme Court judgments on Interested and related witnesses

48 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count.

Gulab vs State of Uttar Pradesh

SC · 9 December 2021

[2021] 9 S.C.R. 678 : 2021 INSC 852

GULAB v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 81 of 2021) DECEMBER 09, 2021 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD, A. S. BOPANNA AND VIKRAM NATH, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 34 – Exhortation to co-accused who fired fa…

Gumansinh @ Lalo @ Raju Bhikhabhai Chauhan & Anr. vs The State of Gujarat

SC · 3 September 2021

[2021] 6 S.C.R. 24 : 2021 INSC 443

GUMANSINH @ LALO @ RAJU BHIKHABHAI CHAUHAN & ANR. v. THE STATE OF GUJARAT (Criminal Appeal Nos. 940-941 of 2021) SEPTEMBER 03, 2021 [S. ABDUL NAZEER AND KRISHNA MURARI, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860 – ss.498A and 306 – Married w…

Rahul vs State of Haryana

SC · 3 March 2021

[2021] 2 S.C.R. 499 : 2021 INSC 145

Indian Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w. s.34 – Arms Act, 1959 – s.25(1B)(a) – Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused suspected that his wife was in illicit relation with the victim-deceased – The appellant informed…

Chunthuram vs State of Chhattisgarh

SC · 29 October 2020

[2020] 8 S.C.R. 1071 : 2020 INSC 616

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302/34 – Murder – The prosecution case is that when the victim-deceased was returning from market to village, the appellant and the co-accused assaulted him with axe and stick, and the victim died…

Karulal & Ors. vs The State of Madhya Pradesh

SC · 9 October 2020

[2020] 9 S.C.R. 494 : 2020 INSC 582

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 148, 302/149 – Prosecution under – Three eye-witnesses – Conviction by Courts below – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: Prosecution version is cogent and supported by consistent testimony of three eye…

Ilangovan vs State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by Inspector of Police

SC · 2 September 2020

[2020] 6 S.C.R. 1132 : 2020 INSC 530

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304 (Part II) and 324 – Prosecution u/ss. 302 and 324 – Against four accused – For causing death of one person and for causing injuries to two – Trial Court convicted the appellant-accused u/ss. 302…

Rohtas & Anr. vs The State of Haryana

SC · 5 November 2019

[2019] 16 S.C.R. 861 : 2019 INSC 1204

Constitution of India: Art.136 – Special leave petition – Reappreciation of evidence by Supreme Court – Permissibility – Held: Supreme Court, while entertaining an appeal by way of special leave under Art.136, ordinarily…

Shio Shankar Dubey & Ors. vs State of Bihar

SC · 9 May 2019

[2019] 7 S.C.R. 607 : 2019 INSC 658

Penal Code 1860: s. 302 – Murder – Accused persons armed with weapons killed the victim – Informant fled from the scene of incident and recorded FIR – Conviction of appellant no. 1 to 3 for the offence u/ss. 302/149/148,…

Mahender Chawla & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.

SC · 5 December 2018

[2018] 14 S.C.R. 627 : 2018 INSC 1153

Administration of Criminal Justice: Witness protection – Witnesses are important players in judicial system, who help the judges in arriving at correct factual findings – Notwithstanding the same, the conditions of witne…

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…

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…

Rupinder Singh Sandhu vs State of Punjab & Others

SC · 15 May 2018

[2018] 6 S.C.R. 479 : 2018 INSC 514

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.299 and 304 Part-II r/w. s.34 – Conviction under – Propriety of – PW3 & PW4 were travelling in a Maruti Car driven by ‘GS’ – Dispute arose on the right of way between the accused persons (A-1 and A-…

Khurshid Ahmed vs State of Jammu and Kashmir

SC · 15 May 2018

[2018] 6 S.C.R. 1121 : 2018 INSC 518

Ranbir Penal Code – s.302 – Prosecution case that there was a scuffle between the appellant-accused and ‘A’ over some payment issue – Same day in evening, appellant-accused assaulted ‘A’ on his head in presence of his fa…

Mohar Sai and Anr. vs Gayatri Devi and Ors.

SC · 27 April 2018

[2018] 4 S.C.R. 509 : 2018 INSC 429

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.140 – When not applicable – Person died in a motor accident – Claim petition by respondentsheirs of the deceased – Tribunal decided the petition in favour of the respondents holding that the…

Bhaskarrao & Ors. vs State of Maharashtra

SC · 26 April 2018

[2018] 4 S.C.R. 751 : 2018 INSC 419

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 147, 148, 452 r/w s. 149, s.302/149 and s.506 – Prosecution under – For murder of a person – by 16 accused – Trial Court acquitted all the accused – High Court reversed the acquittal order – On appe…

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…

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…

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