Rape case: Santosh Gurung vs State of Sikkim: S.C Quashes Life Sentence Based on Broken Circumstantial Evidence
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Rape case: Santosh Gurung vs State of Sikkim: S.C Quashes Life Sentence Based on Broken Circumstantial Evidence

An appeal was preferred against concurrent convictions for rape, murder, and screening of evidence founded entirely on circumstantial evidence. The prosecution failed to establish the last seen circumstance due to…

138 ni act
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Practice & Procedures: Section 138 NI Act Trial Court Procedures

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30 Landmark Supreme Court of India Criminal Law Judgments Explained

death
Cr.P.C

Statement of the victim (deceased) to her mother and the mother repeats the same in her testimony (deposition) is admissible in evidence as dying declaration

section 175(3) bnss
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Section 175(3) BNSS (formerly Section 156(3) CrPC): Filing & Procedure

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hit and run cases
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Hit & run cases: Closing of final reports: Mere non filing and closing of final reports under section 468 Cr.P.C is an acquittal of an offender by the police themselves without reference to the court

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Weekly Digest: November 1-8′ 2024

vao confession
Acquittal

Extra-Judicial confession: VAO is total stranger and no necessity for the accused to trust him to confess

sanction
Cr.P.C

Cognizance taken without sanction does not prevent ED to seek cognizance again after obtaining the necessary sanction

appeal against acquittal
Acquittal

Court Martial Murder Case: Armed Forces Tribunal: Order of acquittal enhances the presumption of innocence

sale is not contract
Civil

Sale is not a Contract

no onerous conditions on bail
Acquittal

No onerous bail conditions: Condition imposed by the Hon’ble High Court directing the accused to demolish the wall of the complainant at accused’s cost tantamount to deprivation of civil rights rather than to ensure the accused’s presence during trial

PMLA closure report
Acquittal

Closure report & PMLA: Closure report filed in predicate offence deserves to be challenged to continue proceedings under PMLA hence though the ED is neither aggrieved person nor victim it may approach the High Court as ED is connected to the issue

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Subject Study on Examination of Witness

Remission-Procedure-Set-out
Acquittal

Remission Procedure Set out: Section 432 Cr.P.C: Registration of a cognizable offence against the convict, per se, is not a ground to cancel the remission further Hon’le Supreme Court sets the standards for granting and cancelling remission

Cr.P.C

Reversal of acquittal: Procedure: Collusion and motive of the accused synthesizes with the medical evidence and false explanation hence reversal of acquittal is correct

Acquittal

Section 389 Cr.P.C: Condition for Suspension of Sentence: Appellate court should confirm that the condition does not make it difficult or impossible for the accused to comply

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