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[POCSO] Not expected for 7-year-old child to recapitulate the harrowing incidents with mathematical precision; Delhi High Court upholds conviction based on child testimony

Delhi High Court observed that it cannot lose sight of the fact that alleged offence was committed with a child victim of tender age who got frightened by the threats extended to him by the accused as well as by the alleged act of the accused and it is not expected that a child of such a tender age would behave like an adult by raising the alarm promptly.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court upholds conviction for murder of a 2-year-old child by hitting her head against stairs of a mandir

Delhi High Court opined that the cause of death was found to be cranio cerebral damage consequent upon blunt force impact to the head which was sufficient to cause death in ordinary course of nature.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Including parole period while determining 14 years’ actual imprisonment for premature release may lead to influential persons applying for multiple paroles: SC

Supreme court has upheld a decision by the Bombay High Court that the period of parole should be excluded from the period of the sentence when considering 14 years of actual imprisonment for the purpose of premature release of convicts.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Not planned but committed in sudden spur of the moment’; Bombay High Court reduces father-brother’s LI to 10 years RI for killing girl’s lover

Bombay High Court : In an appeal filed questioning the legality of Judgment and convicting both Appellants i.e. a father

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court observes statements of victim and informant unreliable, when not supported by medical evidence; Releases the accused convicted for Rape

Allahabad High Court: In an appeal against the decision of the Trial Court whereby the accused/appellant has been convicted and sentenced to

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court grants 14 days imprisonment to investigating officer for violating Arnesh Kumar guidelines in contempt

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Suneet Kumar and Syed Waiz Mian, JJ. held a Police Officer guilty of

Case Briefs

Decide all 350 bail applications in one go, Supreme Court directs Allahabad HC to expeditiously dispose of bail applications in cases pending for 10 years and 14 years

Supreme Court: On being appraised of high number of pending bail applications in 10-14 years old cases, the Division Bench of Sanjay

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | It is the nature and gravity of the crime and not the criminal which are germane for consideration of appropriate punishment in a criminal case

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Division Bench of P. Kumararatnam and Sampath B Abayakoon, JJ.,

Case Briefs High Courts

Law on Recovery of Maintenance | Limitation of 1 year for recovery of maintenance under S. 125(3) of CrPC and the law on enforcement to claim order of maintenance under S. 128 CrPC: All HC explains

Allahabad High Court: Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, J., while addressing a matter regarding recovery of maintenance amount, expressed that, “Sentencing to jail

Case Briefs High Courts

Conviction sentence not to affect career and not be treated as a remark for employment; Kar HC confined the sentence to fine only in accordance with Ss. 279 and 337 IPC

Karnataka High Court: Sreenivas Harish Kumar, J., disposed of the petition and modified the judgment of the appellate court. The facts of

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Man’s conviction set aside in charges for raping minor wife; Non-interference by Court would reduce the lady and two children without shelter

Gujarat High Court: Paresh Upadhyay, J., allowed an appeal which was filed against the judgment and order passed by the Special Judge

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | 60-year-old convict released after serving 15 years in prison; HC exercises special power under S. 427 CrPC noticing more than 18 years imprisonment would have to be served if sentence don’t run concurrently

Kerala High Court: Ashok Menon, J., directed release of a 60-year-old man convicted in 14 criminal cases taking into account that the

Case Briefs High Courts

[POCSO Act] HP HC | Bail granted in a case where a major developed consensual sexual relations with a minor, in light of mitigating factors; Petition allowed

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara J., allowed the petition and reduced the sentence to the period of imprisonment already undergone. Background

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CBI | Accused in Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case sentenced by trial court

The Trial Court at Saket, New Delhi has sentenced 19 accused, namely (i) Brajesh Thakur, owner of the NGO Sewa Sankalp Evam

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

[Vyapam Case] CBI | 7 Years imprisonment to 3 accused including candidate, impersonator & middleman in a Vyapam related case

The Special Judge CBI, Vyapam Cases, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) has sentenced the three accused, therefore the candidate Amit Gaur, the impersonator Nitish

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Delay in lodging FIR in rape cases cannot be used as a ground against prosecution’s case

Orissa High Court: S.K. Sahoo, J. dismissed a criminal appeal for the acquittal of the appellant under Section 376 of the Penal

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | S. 2 of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 not a penal provision – conviction thereunder not sustainable in law

Jharkhand High Court: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. disposed of a revision petition, filed against the judgment of the trial court, whereby the

Case Briefs District Court

Odisha Sessions Court | Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for “attempting and conspiring to wage war” against GoI

“It is a fundamental right of every citizen to have his own political theory and ideas and to propagate the same and

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | “Ends of Justice” held to be met by the period of imprisonment already undergone by the convict, even where the conviction upheld

Jharkhand High Court: The Bench of Deepak Roshan, J. allowed a petition insofar as it modifies the sentenced to undergo the imprisonment for

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | Considerations for grant of bail entirely different from considerations for cancellation of bail

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Five-Judge Bench of Mian Saqib Nisar, Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Gulzar Ahmed, Mushir Alam and Mazhar Alam