suspicion Archives

Andhra Pradesh High Court acquits a man accused of culpable homicide not amounting to murder; set aside conviction order of Session Court

Without there being any evidence as to the presence of the accused in the house at the time of the death of the deceased, especially when the material witnesses turned hostile, convicting the accused basing on the assumptions and presumptions by the Sessions Court was erroneous.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court grants bail to the accused in a case registered merely based on suspicion and confession statement

Madras High Court: In a case related to an appeal filed to set aside the judgment and enlarge the appellant

Case Briefs High Courts

Mere suspicion is not enough to prosecute the petitioner for offence punishable under S. 370 of the IPC for human trafficking; Kar HC observes in a case where AIO caught 3 Indian nationals on suspicion

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna J. allowed the petition and quashed the proceedings in the case pending on the file of the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Appellate Courts can’t “unnecessarily create” suspicion in absence of objection to validity of a Will: Supreme Court

“A testamentary court is not a court of suspicion but that of conscience.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CBI | Cogent over conjecture-Court gives ‘suspicion’ a backseat and ‘proof’ put in front- Acclaims ‘proof surpasses even a strong suspicion’

Central Bureau of Investigation, Ghaziabad (CBI): Shivank Singh, Special Judicial Magistrate (CBI), while acquitting the accused of all the charges gave detailed

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | In cases where guilt is based only on circumstantial evidence; suspicion, however, grave may be, cannot be a substitute for a proof

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Panda and S. K. Panigrahi, JJ. set aside the impugned conviction order and allowed

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | ‘Grown up adults, well aware about consequences of alleged relationship, have fundamental right of privacy’: Court while restraining any coercive action against person booked under U.P. Anti-Conversion Ordinance

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Naqvi and Vivek Agarwal, JJ., directed for no coercive action to be taken against a

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Kenya HC | Conviction on basis of circumstantial evidence can be found only if events form close-knit chain without any breakage or interruption

Kenya High Court, Nyahururu: R.P.V. Wendoh, J. passed a judgment directing acquittal of an accused in the absence of sound circumstantial evidence.

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Criminal prosecution can’t be permitted to continue on whims and pleasures of litigants, criminal case based on likelihood of suspicion quashed

Gauhati High Court: Reiterating that mere likelihood of suspicion cannot be a reason to charge someone for an offence, Rumi Kumari Phukan, J.

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Suspicion, however strong, cannot take place of the positive proof and cannot be made basis of conviction

Punjab And Haryana High Court: The Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Kuldip Singh, JJ., dismissed the application filed under Section 378(4) CrPC

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | In-laws discharged of S. 498-A IPC where complainant roped in all family members without ascribing specific roles

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a petition filed against the judgment of Revisional Court whereby petitioner’s / complainant’s in-laws were discharged

Case Briefs High Courts

“Suspicion, howsoever strong, does not partake the character of proof” – Suspicion in the matter of appointment not a ground to deny salary: Patna HC

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J. quashed an office order denying payment of salary to

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI directs appointment of forensic auditor under Section 11 of SEBI Act on suspicion of misuse of books of accounts and misrepresentation of financials

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Mumbai: The whole-time Member of SEBI, Madhabi Puri Buch addressed the issue of whether there

Case Briefs High Courts

Mere suspicion of extra-marital relationship, per se, would not come within the ambit of ‘cruelty’ under Section 498-A IPC

Supreme Court: Stating that extra-marital relationship, per se, or as such would not come within the ambit of Section 498-A IPC, the

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Andhra Pradesh High Court acquits a man accused of culpable homicide not amounting to murder; set aside conviction order of Session Court

Madras High Court grants bail to the accused in a case registered merely based on suspicion and confession statement

Mere suspicion is not enough to prosecute the petitioner for offence punishable under S. 370 of the IPC for human trafficking; Kar HC observes in a case where AIO caught 3 Indian nationals on suspicion

Appellate Courts can’t “unnecessarily create” suspicion in absence of objection to validity of a Will: Supreme Court

CBI | Cogent over conjecture-Court gives ‘suspicion’ a backseat and ‘proof’ put in front- Acclaims ‘proof surpasses even a strong suspicion’

Ori HC | In cases where guilt is based only on circumstantial evidence; suspicion, however, grave may be, cannot be a substitute for a proof

All HC | ‘Grown up adults, well aware about consequences of alleged relationship, have fundamental right of privacy’: Court while restraining any coercive action against person booked under U.P. Anti-Conversion Ordinance

Kenya HC | Conviction on basis of circumstantial evidence can be found only if events form close-knit chain without any breakage or interruption

Gau HC | Criminal prosecution can’t be permitted to continue on whims and pleasures of litigants, criminal case based on likelihood of suspicion quashed

P&H HC | Suspicion, however strong, cannot take place of the positive proof and cannot be made basis of conviction

Del HC | In-laws discharged of S. 498-A IPC where complainant roped in all family members without ascribing specific roles

“Suspicion, howsoever strong, does not partake the character of proof” – Suspicion in the matter of appointment not a ground to deny salary: Patna HC

SEBI directs appointment of forensic auditor under Section 11 of SEBI Act on suspicion of misuse of books of accounts and misrepresentation of financials

Rape accused acquitted in light of the case falling in arena of ‘suspicion’ and no evidence: Bombay HC

Suspicion, however strong, cannot take the place of proof

Teesta Setalvad’s plea seeking de-freezing of accounts dismissed

Suspicion however grave, cannot take the place of proof

Mere suspicion of extra-marital relationship, per se, would not come within the ambit of ‘cruelty’ under Section 498-A IPC