Judgments - Murder

In Dhan Raj @ Dhand vs. State of Haryana (2014) 6 SCC 745, one of us (Hon. Ghose,J.) while dwelling on the imperatives of circumstantial evidence ruled that the same has to be of highest order to satisfy the test of proof in a criminal prosecution. It was underlined that such circumstantial evidence should establish a complete unbroken Full Judgment

Tags Circumstantial Evidence Cruelty Murder

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

SADDIK @ LALO GULAM HUSSEIN SHAIKH & ORS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT

Appeal (Crl.), 1999-2000 of 2010, Judgment Date: Oct 03, 2016

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

VIKAS YADAV Vs. STATE OF U.P AND ORS. ETC. ETC

Appeal (Crl.), 1531-1533 of 2015, Judgment Date: Oct 03, 2016

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Tags Condonation Of Delay Murder

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

SOMASUNDARAM @ SOMU Vs. STATE REP.BY DY.COMM.OF POLICE

Appeal (Crl.), 403 of 2010, Judgment Date: Sep 28, 2016

…For the present, it may be sufficient to state that the gist of the offence of criminal conspiracy created under Section 120-A is a bare agreement to commit an offence. It has been made punishable under Section 120-B. The offence of abetment created under the second clause of Section 107 requires that there must be something more than a Full Judgment

Tags Abetment Conspiracy Murder

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

DHAL SINGH DEWANGAN Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH

Appeal (Crl.), 162-163 of 2014, Judgment Date: Sep 23, 2016

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Tags Murder Death Sentence

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

TATTU LODHI @ PANCHAM LODHI Vs. STATE OF M.P

Appeal (Crl.), 292-293 of 2014, Judgment Date: Sep 16, 2016

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Tags Murder Rape Interpretation Death Sentence

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

GOVINDASWAMY Vs. STATE OF KERALA

Appeal (Crl.), 1584-1585 of 2014, Judgment Date: Sep 15, 2016

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Tags Murder Rape Interpretation Death Sentence

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

PANKAJ Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

Appeal (Crl.), 2135 of 2009, Judgment Date: Sep 09, 2016

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Tags Conviction Murder

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

KADMANIAN @ MANIKANDAN Vs. STATE TR.INSP.OF POLICE

Appeal (Crl.), 2341 of 2010, Judgment Date: Aug 31, 2016

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Tags Murder Rape

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

ASHIQ HUSSAIN FAKTOO Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Writ Petition (Crl.), 46 of 2008, Judgment Date: Aug 30, 2016

The principle of ex debito justitiae is founded on a recognition of a debt that the justice delivery system owes to a litigant to correct an error in a judicial dispensation. Its application, by the very nature of things, cannot be made to depend on varying perceptions of legal omissions and commissions but such recognition of the debt which have the potential of opening new vistas of Full Judgment

Tags Conviction Interpretation Murder

Chhatisgarh High Court (Single Judge)

State of Chhattisgarh Vs . Sunil @ Balikaran Sahu & Anr.

CRRE->CRIMINAL REFERENCE, 2,586 of 2014, Judgment Date: Aug 30, 2016

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Tags Death Sentence Murder

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

BRIJ LAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

Appeal (Crl.), 991 of 2010, Judgment Date: Aug 17, 2016

Every accused is presumed to be innocent unless his guilt is proved. The presumption of innocence is a human right. Subject to the statutory exceptions, the said principle forms the basis of criminal jurisprudence in India. The nature of the offence, its seriousness and gravity has to be taken into consideration. The appellate court should bear in mind the presumption of innocence Full Judgment

Tags Conviction Murder