Category: Digest Of Supreme Court Cases

The courts should be careful in proceeding against the distant relatives in crimes pertaining to matrimonial disputes and dowry deaths and must keep in mind that relatives of the husband…

In this case, presence of witness on spot found was doubtful and there were material contradictions between ocular testimony and medical evidence. The fact that there was only one firearm…

In the present case, alleged abductee (17 years old at the time she left her parental home) had clearly stated that she was neither taken away nor induced and that…

Common intention contemplated by S. 34 IPC pre-supposes prior concert. It requires meeting of minds. It requires a prearranged plan before a man can be vicariously convicted for the criminal…

In this case of assault by unlawful assembly resulting in death of deceased, there was defective framing of charge by not specifically charging respondent-accused herein under S. 149 IPC. It…

Highest bidder in auction does not acquire any right to have that bid accepted merely because it is the highest bid. Acceptance of highest bid or highest bidder is always…

Held, having regard to the fact there are no criminal antecedents against the appellants, the court is inclined to give them the benefit of releasing them on probation of good…

(A) Charge-sheet submitted by investigating agency which did not have, or, had lost the jurisdiction to conduct the investigation. (B) Even if the investigating agency in question, had jurisdiction or…

In this case, anticipatory bail re FIR under S. 306 IPC was rejected by the High Court. However, herein, while issuing notice, Supreme Court granted interim relief of stay of arrest to appellant.…

Held, having reappreciated the evidence of the witnesses, we find that the high Court was justified in reversing the judgement of conviction and sentencing the two of the accused with…