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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

ANANDA BAPU PUNDE @ KOLI Vs. BALASAHEB ANNA KOLI & ORS.

Appeal (Crl.), 285 of 2017, Judgment Date: Mar 09, 2017

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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

AJAY SINGH AND ANR AND ETC. Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND ANR

Appeal (Crl.), 32-33 of 2017, Judgment Date: Jan 06, 2017

Performance of judicial duty in the manner prescribed by law is fundamental to the concept of rule of law in a democratic State. It has been quite often said and, rightly so, that the judiciary is the protector and preserver of rule of law. Effective functioning of the said sacrosanct duty has been entrusted to the judiciary and that entrustment expects the courts to conduct Full Judgment

Madhya Pradesh High Court (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

Vinod Kumar Sen Vs.Smt Shanti Devi and others

MCRC, 15804 of 2016, Judgment Date: Jan 03, 2017

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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

BAIJNATH AND ORS Vs. STATE OF M P

Appeal (Crl.), 1097 of 2016, Judgment Date: Nov 18, 2016

(38) A cumulative consideration of the overall evidence on the facet of dowry, leaves us unconvinced about the truthfulness of the charge qua the accused persons. The prosecution in our estimate, has failed to prove this indispensable component of the two offences beyond reasonable doubt. The factum of unnatural death in the matrimonial home and that too within seven years of marriage therefore is thus ipso facto not sufficient to Full Judgment

Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

JAMNADAS Vs. STATE OF M.P - Murder, Dowry Death, Cruelty.

Appeal (Crl.), 155, 156 of 2015, Judgment Date: Jun 29, 2016

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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

SATISH SHETTY Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA. Dated - June 03, 2016

Appeal (Crl.), 1358 of 2008, Judgment Date: Jun 03, 2016

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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

BALVEER SINGH AND ANR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANR

Appeal (Crl.), 253 of 2016, Judgment Date: May 10, 2016

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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

STATE OF KARNATAKA Vs. DATTARAJ & ORS.

Appeal (Crl.), 326 of 2012, Judgment Date: Feb 15, 2016

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Allahabad High Court (Single Judge)

Nand Lal V/s State Of U.P.

BAIL, 58 of 2016, Judgment Date: Jan 06, 2016

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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

MAYA DEVI & ANR. Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

Appeal (Crl.), 1263 of 2011, Judgment Date: Dec 07, 2015

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Allahabad High Court (Single Judge)

Danish Vs State Of U.P.

BAIL, 8668 of 2015, Judgment Date: Oct 12, 2015

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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

BHANUBEN AND ANR Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT

Appeal (Crl.), 1209 of 2015, Judgment Date: Sep 14, 2015

Merely because an accused has been held liable to be punished under Section 498A IPC, it does not follow that on the same evidence, he must also and necessarily be held guilty of having abetted the commission of suicide by the women concerned under 306 IPC. Therefore, the conviction and sentence for offence punishable under Section 306 read with Section 114 of the Full Judgment

Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

SUNIL KHERGADE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Appeal (Crl.), 812 of 2008, Judgment Date: Aug 13, 2015

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Supreme Court of India (Full Bench (FB)- Three Judge)

V.K.MISHRA & ANR. Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND & ANR.

Appeal (Crl.), 1247 with 1248 of 2012, Judgment Date: Jul 28, 2015

Court cannot suo moto make use of statements to police not proved and ask question with reference to them which are inconsistent with the testimony of the witness in the court. The words in Section 162 Cr.P.C. “if duly proved” clearly show that the record of the statement of witnesses cannot be admitted in evidence straightway nor can be looked into but they Full Judgment

Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

ESHWARAPPA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA

Appeal (Crl.), 1951 of 2012, Judgment Date: Jul 24, 2015

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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

BASISTH NARYAN YADAV Vs. KAILASH RAI AND ORS

Appeal (Crl.), 67-70 of 2009, Judgment Date: Jul 03, 2015

We find that although the case of the prosecution suffers from many infirmities and there has been unexplained reluctance in bringing the relevant witnesses on record, apart from parents of the deceased, the doctor and the Investigating Officer, even Triloki Sharma and the Chowkidar who saw the accused persons disposing of the body of the deceased, have also not been examined. Yet we may not Full Judgment

Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

Sandeep and Anr. Vs State of Haryana

Appeal (Crl.), 1554 of 2014, Judgment Date: May 26, 2015

The incompatibility or inconsistency can be said to arise if the assertions in one dying declaration are so diametrically opposed to the statements in the other that both cannot stand together. 21. In view of the above, the law on the issue of dying declaration can be summarised to the effect that in case the court comes to the conclusion that the dying declaration is true and reliable, has been recorded Full Judgment

Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

RAMAKANT MISHRA @ LALU ETC. Vs. STATE OF U.P.

Appeal (Crl.), 1279-1281 of 2011, Judgment Date: Feb 27, 2015

Succinctly stated, it had been held therein that the use of word 'shown' instead of 'proved' in Section 304B indicates that the onus cast on the prosecution would stand satisfied on the anvil of a mere preponderance of probability. In other words, 'shown' will have to be read up to mean 'proved' but only to the extent of preponderance of probability. Thereafter, the word 'deemed' Full Judgment

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RAJINDER SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

Appeal (Crl.), 2321 of 2009, Judgment Date: Feb 26, 2015

Given that the statute with which we are dealing must be given a fair, pragmatic, and common sense interpretation so as to fulfill the object sought to be achieved by Parliament, we feel that the judgment in Appasaheb's case followed by the judgment of Kulwant Singh do not state the law correctly. We, therefore, Full Judgment

Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

GHUSABHAI RAISANGBHAI CHORASIYA & ORS. Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT

Appeal (Crl.), 262 of 2009, Judgment Date: Feb 18, 2015

The singular issue that requires to be scrutinized is whether there was such cruelty by the husband and his relations that could have driven the deceased to commit suicide. - ​​ "Marital relationship means the legally protected marital interest of one spouse to another which include marital obligation to another like companionship, living under the same roof, Full Judgment