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

Narendrasinh Keshubhai Zala vs State of Gujarat

SC · 16 March 2023

[2023] 2 S.C.R. 746 : 2023 INSC 241

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302/34 – Arms Act, 1959 – ss. 25(1) A, 27(2) – Acquittal of accused – Appellant was accused of having committed the murder of the victim-deceased by shooting at him while he was sitting on a Nala w…

Udayakumar vs State of Tamil Nadu

SC · 16 March 2023

[2023] 2 S.C.R. 943 : 2023 INSC 239

Penal Code, 1860 : ss. 302, 120B – Murder – Due to rivalry A-1 alongwith A-3 hatched a conspiracy to murder the victim and engaged services of A-2 for the same – A-2 killed the victim with a sickle thereafter, fled with…

Ravasaheb @ Ravasahebgouda etc. vs State of Karnataka

SC · 16 March 2023

[2023] 2 S.C.R. 965 : 2023 INSC 238

Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Victim was murdered – The trial court and the High Court, despite most of the prosecution witnesses turning hostile, found the prosecution case to be established beyond reasonable doubt through…

Guna Mahto vs State of Jharkhand

SC · 16 March 2023

[2023] 3 S.C.R. 782 : 2023 INSC 240

Penal Code, 1860 : ss. 302, 201 – Murder – Prosecution case that husband murdered his wife and dumped her dead body in well to cause disappearance of evidence and later lodged missing report with the police – Conviction…

Shankar vs The State of Maharashtra

SC · 15 March 2023

[2023] 2 S.C.R. 661 : 2023 INSC 234

Penal Code 1860: s. 302 r/w 34 – Conviction under, on basis of circumstantial evidence – Sustainability of – Prosecution case that the victim assaulted with sharp weapons, sustained 22 antemortem injuries leading to inst…

Nand Lal and Others vs The State of Chhattisgarh

SC · 14 March 2023

[2023] 2 S.C.R. 276 : 2023 INSC 224

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Murder – Prosecution case that previous enmity between the accused persons and the complainant – Accused no. 11 assaulted the complainant and thereafter, the complainant lodged an FIR – Said ac…

Nikhil Chandra Mondal vs State of West Bengal

SC · 3 March 2023

[2023] 2 S.C.R. 20 : 2023 INSC 198

NIKHIL CHANDRA MONDAL v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL (Criminal Appeal No. 2269 of 2010) MARCH 03, 2023 [B. R. GAVAI AND SANJAY KAROL, JJ.] Evidence – Extra-judicial Confession – Evidentiary value – Lady found murdered by a shar…

Premchand vs The State of Maharashtra

SC · 3 March 2023

[2023] 2 S.C.R. 119 : 2023 INSC 207

Penal Code,1860 – ss. 300,302 307 and 304 – The trial Court convicted the appellant for the offence of murder of the victimdeceased and attempt to murder three others – The judgment of the trial Court was challenged by t…

Vahitha vs State of Tamil Nadu

SC · 22 February 2023

[2023] 3 S.C.R. 942 : 2023 INSC 151

VAHITHA v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU (Criminal Appeal No. 762 of 2012) FEBRUARY 22, 2023 [DINESH MAHESHWARI AND BELA M. TRIVEDI, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Conviction under – Strangulation of child – Prosecution case that…

Prasad Pradhan & Anr. vs The State of Chhattisgarh

SC · 24 January 2023

[2023] 1 S.C.R. 241 : 2023 INSC 79

Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w s.34 – Murder – Prosecution case that appellant/accused and the victim were cousins – On the afternoon of 28.02.2012, when the victim was getting his land levelled through a JCB machine, the…

John Anthonisamy @ John vs State, Rep. by the Inspector of Police

SC · 19 January 2023

[2023] 1 S.C.R. 279 : 2023 INSC 54

Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w s.201 – Murder – Circumstantial evidence – Purported extra-judicial confession – Effect – Five accused including appellant (A-1) – Prosecution case that in pursuance of a conspiracy, the accu…

Jabir & Ors. vs The State of Uttarakhand

SC · 17 January 2023

[2023] 1 S.C.R. 969 : 2023 INSC 48

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 364, 201 – The prosecution case was that the victim ‘H’, aged about 7 years, went missing on 8.10.1999 – On 10.10.1999, his dead body was found in the sugarcane field of ‘Y’ in Village – The vi…

Prakash Nayi @ Sen vs State of Goa

SC · 12 January 2023

[2023] 1 S.C.R. 823 : 2023 INSC 24

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302 and s.84 – Plea of Insanity – “Schizophrenia” – Accused-appellant was convicted and sentenced u/s. 302 IPC for having caused the death of the victim-deceased by attacking him at a store in whic…

Ranvir Singh etc. etc. vs The State of Madhya Pradesh

SC · 12 January 2023

[2023] 1 S.C.R. 841 : 2023 INSC 25

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 148, 302/149, 324/149, 304 Part-II – Acquittal under – Appellants-accused persons were charged of having committed an offence u/ss. 148, 302/149, 324/149 – Dehati Nalishi (Ex. P-28) was recorded as…

The State of Rajasthan vs Gurbachan Singh & Others

SC · 7 December 2022

[2022] 16 S.C.R. 73 : 2022 INSC 1260

Penal Code, 1860 – Murder – Common intention – Dispute w.r.t partition of land– Victim was beaten resulting in his death, PW1 (his brother) also suffered injuries – Respondent convicted along with 5 others – Respondent’s…

Lakhan Singh vs Amarjeet Singh & Anr.

SC · 6 December 2022

[2022] 17 S.C.R. 820 : 2022 INSC 1327

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.391 – Additional evidence in criminal appeal – When impermissible – Respondent no.1-accused was convicted u/s 302, IPC and sentenced to life – Conviction and sentence challenged by re…

Rahul vs State of Delhi Ministry of Home Affairs & Anr.

SC · 7 November 2022

[2022] 9 S.C.R. 1129 : 2022 INSC 1176

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 365, 367, 376(2)(g), 302, 201 & 34 – A girl was kidnapped when she was returning from her job along with her friends – She was raped and killed later on and her body was thrown in open field – FIR…

P. Ponnusamy vs The State of Tamil Nadu

SC · 7 November 2022

[2022] 15 S.C.R. 265 : 2022 INSC 1177

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 120B, 109, 341, 302 & 34 – Draft Rules of Criminal Practice, 2020 – Right of accused to demand documents – Appellant along with other eight accused were convicted and sentenced by Sessions Court fo…

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…

Ramanand @ Nandlal Bharti vs State of Uttar Pradesh

SC · 13 October 2022

[2022] 5 S.C.R. 162 : 2022 INSC 1075

Penal Code, 1860: s.302 – Prosecution case was that on fateful day, appellant-accused murdered his wife and four children with a sharp cutting weapon while they were sleeping – Motive behind the murder was attributed to…

Md. Anowar Hussain vs State of Assam

SC · 13 October 2022

[2022] 18 S.C.R. 721 : 2022 INSC 1079

Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Circumstantial Evidence – Evidence Act, 1872 – s.106 – Appellant was held guilty of the offence u/s.302 for murder of his wife and was awarded the punishment of imprisonment for life – On appea…

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…

Shailesh And 3 Others vs State Of U.P.

Allahabad HC · 30 September 2022

The accused-appellants (Shailesh, Mahadev, Kuldeep, and Raju) were convicted by the Sessions Judge, Hapur, under Sections 302 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, for the murder of Babu Ram. The incident arose on…

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…

Chaitu Gowala and Another vs The State of Assam

SC · 7 September 2022

[2022] 7 S.C.R. 190 : 2022 INSC 937

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302 and 149 – Appellants alongwith 70 other accused persons were accused of murdering the Managing Director of a company in which they were working – Prosecution examined three eye witnesses who id…

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…

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