Guj HC | Admission of co-accused cannot be sole base to convict any person; application dismissed
Gujarat High Court: B.N. Karia, J. rejected an application under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
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Accused cannot be convicted for conspiracy only on the basis of co-accused’s confession: SC
“A few bits here and a few bits there on which prosecution relies, cannot be held to be adequate for connecting the accused with the commission of crime of criminal conspiracy.”
Co-accused persons entitled to same benefit; sentence waived on grounds of parity: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Rekha Palli, J. while disposing of a petition, waived of the sentence awarded to
Patna HC allows plea for anticipatory bail in a case under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 due to inconsistencies in prosecution allegations
Patna High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Birendra Kumar, J. allowed a criminal writ petition for anticipatory bail filed in
Confession of an accused is not, by itself, a substantive evidence against other co-accused; can be used to lend assurance to the Court: SC
Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Abhay Manohar Sapre and UU Lalit, JJ. allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment passed
Benefit of acquittal of one accused is extendable to co-accused if the allegations are inseparable in nature
Karnataka High Court: While deciding a writ petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution, a Single Judge Bench comprising