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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
Rajendra @ Rajappa and Ors. vs State of Karnataka
SC · 26 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 293 : 2021 INSC 219
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w 149 – Murder pursuant to armed assault – Deceased was assaulted with axe, stick, pickaxe and stone when he was coming back from work alongwith his wife (PW1) and elder brother (PW2) – Six ac…
Netaji Achyut Shinde (Patil) & Anr. vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 23 March 2021
[2021] 3 S.C.R. 255 : 2021 INSC 200
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.34 – Prosecution case was that on the fateful day, at 17:30, accused persons in furtherance of their common intention assaulted the victim-deceased and inflicted serious injuries with a swor…
Ramesh alias Dapinder Singh vs State of Himachal Pradesh
SC · 22 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 896 : 2021 INSC 198
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 323 and 324 r/w 34 – Murder consequent to armed assault – Common intention – Vicarious liability – Three accused – ‘S’ and ‘N’, maternal uncles of PW1 (informant), were the principal accused –…
The State of Kerala vs Mahesh
SC · 19 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 964 : 2021 INSC 195
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.439 – Appeal against grant of bail – Accused-respondent was accused of a heinous and shocking murder of a lady doctor aged about 30 years – Incident alleged to have taken place in the…
Nagabhushan vs The State of Karnataka
SC · 8 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 595 : 2021 INSC 159
Indian Penal Code, 1860 – s.300(fourthly); ss.498A, 302 r/w 34 – Dowry death – Dying declaration – Accused persons acquitted by trial Court – Acquittal of appellant-accused reversed by High Court – On appeal, held: There…
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…
Shivaji Chintappa Patil vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 2 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 617 : 2021 INSC 136
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 – Conviction based on circumstantial evidence – Prosecution case was that the appellant was addicted to liquor and used to abuse and beat his wife forcing her to get money from her mother – On the…
Khokan @ Khokhan Vishwas vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 11 February 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 534 : 2021 INSC 79
KHOKAN @ KHOKHAN VISHWAS v. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH (Criminal Appeal No. 121 of 2021) FEBRUARY 11, 2021 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD AND M.R. SHAH, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: s.302 – Conviction of appellant u/s.302 – Prosecut…
Sumedh Singh Saini vs State of Punjab and Another
SC · 3 December 2020
[2020] 13 S.C.R. 812 : 2020 INSC 679
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.438 – Anticipatory bail – Brother of the victim-deceased lodged an FIR against the appellant for offence alleged to have taken place in 1991 – FIR was lodged for offence punishable und…
Rajesh @ Sarkari & Anr. vs State of Haryana
SC · 3 November 2020
[2020] 14 S.C.R. 1 : 2020 INSC 628
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case that complainant’s elder son was shot dead inside a University – Complainant-PW-4 and his younger son-PW-5 stated that they had seen the incident and they had taken v…
Shatrughna Baban Meshram vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 2 November 2020
[2020] 13 S.C.R. 1 : 2020 INSC 624
Penal Code, 1860 – s.376(1), (2)(f), (i), (m), s.376-A and s.302 – Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – s.6 – Rape and murder of a minor girl – A two-and-a-half-year-old girl was subjected to sexual as…
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…
Amar Singh vs The State (NCT of Delhi)
SC · 12 October 2020
[2020] 8 S.C.R. 751 : 2020 INSC 587
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w. s. 34 – Murder – Prosecution case is that when the victim/deceased along with his two brothers, PW-1 and PW-11 was moving on foot towards a taxi stand at about 10.00 pm. – Three accused pers…
Bikramjit Singh vs The State of Punjab
SC · 12 October 2020
[2020] 12 S.C.R. 875 : 2020 INSC 589
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 167 – Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302, 307, 452, 427, 341, 34 – Arms Act, 1959 – s.25 – Explosive Substances Act, 1908 – ss. 3,4,5,6 – Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – s. 13 –…
Subed Ali and Others vs The State of Assam
SC · 30 September 2020
[2020] 8 S.C.R. 731 : 2020 INSC 566
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302/34 – The prosecution alleged that two persons were assaulted while they were returning from the market on bicycles along with others – One of them died on the spot and the other one died in the…
Jugut Ram vs The State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 16 September 2020
[2020] 6 S.C.R. 1140 : 2020 INSC 547
Penal Code, 1860: s. 304 (Part II) – Assault by Lathi – Resulting in death of the victim after one day – Conviction u/s. 302 IPC and life imprisonment by Courts below – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: ‘Lathi’ is a common…
Stalin vs State Represented by the Inspector of Police
SC · 9 September 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 283 : 2020 INSC 540
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302, s. 304 and Exception IV to s.300 – Appellant-accused was convicted and sentenced u/s. 302 IPC – C Appellant contended that it was a case of single injury, s. 302 IPC shall not be attracted and…
Somasundaram @ Somu vs The State Rep. by the Deputy Commissioner of Police
SC · 3 June 2020
[2020] 10 S.C.R. 27 : 2020 INSC 412
Penal Code, 1860: ss.365 and 302 – Abduction followed by murder in appropriate cases can enable a court to presume that the abductor is the murderer – The principle is that after abduction, the abductor would be in a pos…
Sonu @ Sunil vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 29 May 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 269 : 2020 INSC 409
Penal Code, 1860: ss.394, 460, 302 r/w s.34 – Robbery and murder – Five accused including appellant – Case based on circumstantial evidence – Prosecution case was that the victimdeceased resided alone in his house – On 9…
Bhagwan Singh vs State of Uttarakhand
SC · 18 March 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 957 : 2020 INSC 310
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304-II and 308 – Culpable homicide not amounting to murder – In a marriage ceremony, father of the groom-appellant aimed the gun towards the roof and then fired – Gun shot firing resulting in death…
Manoj Suryavanshi vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 5 March 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 1 : 2020 INSC 275
Penal Code, 1860: ss.302, 364 – Murder of three minor children – Case based on circumstantial evidence – Prosecution case was that the complainant lodged missing report of his three minor children aged about 8 years, 6 y…
Parvat Singh & Ors. vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 2 March 2020
[2020] 2 S.C.R. 964 : 2020 INSC 244
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w s. 149 – Murder – All the accused including the appellants came to be tried by the Trial Court for the offences u/s. 302 r/w. s. 149 of the IPC for having killed son of the informant-PW-8 –…
Shri Satish Kumar & Anr. vs The State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 2 March 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 1144 : 2020 INSC 251
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.34 – Prosecution case was that the informant was the daughter of the victim-deceased – As per her statement, the deceased had left in the morning on the fateful day to meet one ‘K’ and there…
Basheera Begam vs Mohammed Ibrahim & Ors.
SC · 31 January 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 562 : 2020 INSC 116
Penal Code, 1860 – s.120B & s.302 r/w s.34 – Case based on circumstantial evidence – Case of prosecution that D2 (son of A4) and D1 (nephew of A3) were friends – Brother of A3 & A4 and uncle of D2, who lived in Malaysia,…
Manju vs State of Delhi
SC · 17 December 2019
[2019] 15 S.C.R. 151 : 2019 INSC 1385
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 – Prosecution under – For killing new-born baby girl by strangulating her – Courts below convicted the accused on the basis of circumstantial evidence – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: Conviction…
Suraj Jagannath Jadhav vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 13 December 2019
[2019] 15 S.C.R. 84 : 2019 INSC 1368
Penal Code, 1860 – s.300 Fourthly & Exception 4 to s.300; ss. 302 & 304 Part II – Appellant-accused killed his wife by setting her ablaze – Convicted u/s.302 – Issue limited as to alteration of conviction from s.302 to s…
Ramji Singh & Ors. vs The State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 11 December 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 253 : 2019 INSC 1357
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 149, 452, 449 and 302 – Murder – Prosecution case that six persons (A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5 and A6) who were heavily armed, two of them with guns, killed victim in broad daylight between 12 and…
Bhawna Bai vs Ghanshyam and Others
SC · 3 December 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 422 : 2019 INSC 1313
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.228 – Framing of charges – Standard of proof – Held: At the stage of framing the charge, the court has to see if there is sufficient ground for proceeding against the accused – While…
State of Madhya Pradesh vs Killu @ Kailash and Ors.
SC · 19 November 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 95 : 2019 INSC 1264
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w. s.149 – Murder by members of an unlawful assembly – Prosecution case that five accused persons entered the house of victim in the midnight and inflicted injuries on him – Consequent to which…
Awadhesh Kumar vs State of U.P. & Anr.
SC · 8 November 2019
[2019] 17 S.C.R. 185 : 2019 INSC 1229
Penal Code, 1860: s.304 Part I – Appeal by complainant challenging the impugned order whereby High Court partly allowed the appeal of original accused no.1-respondent no.2 and converted his conviction from s.302 to s.304…

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