Supreme Court and High Courts judgments on Murder (Section 302 IPC / 103 BNS)

320 judgments, latest first, from 2015 to 2026. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (filed under the provisions below, or naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count.

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Section 302, Indian Penal Code, 1860 269

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…

Vinubhai Ranchhodbhai Patel vs Rajivbhai Dudabhai Patel & Others

SC · 16 May 2018

[2018] 6 S.C.R. 1050 : 2018 INSC 521

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Chapter XVII – ss.211, 212 and 213 – Defective framing of charges – Acquittal of accused persons – Interference with, if permissible – Three persons died and five persons were injured a…

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…

Tularam vs The State of Madhya Pradesh

SC · 2 May 2018

[2018] 5 S.C.R. 671 : 2018 INSC 444

Penal Code, 1860 – Exception 4 to s.300 and s.304 Part II – Quarrel between ‘Rh’ and ‘Ru’ escalated into altercation and soon they were joined by some other persons – Altercation subsequently turned violent and appellant…

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…

Bharatkumar Rameshchandra Barot vs State of Gujarat

SC · 26 March 2018

[2018] 3 S.C.R. 689 : 2018 INSC 263

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.377 – Session Court awarded to the appellant 10 years rigorous imprisonment for offence under s.302 IPC – On State’s appeal under s.377, High Court enhanced the sentence from 10 years…

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…

Vishal Yadav vs State Govt. Of UP

Delhi HC · 6 February 2015

The appellants Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge under Sections 302/364/201 read with Section 34 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment with fine in SC Case No.78 of 2002 arisin…

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