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…

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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

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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

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Practice & Procedure: Section 175(3) BNSS (formerly Section 156(3) CrPC)

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General

Murder appeal: Appeal against conviction of gruesome murder of children and causing disappearance of evidence

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N.I ACT: Initiation of criminal proceeding under sections 138 &141 N.I Act is covered under moratorium provision [U/S 14 IBC]

Cr.P.C

Section173(2) Cr.P.C: Police has no option but to include non-cognizable offence in the charge sheet

Cr.P.C

Final report: Section 190(1)(b) Cr.P.C: Magistrate is empowered to take cognizance even on the closure report (final report) filed and may issue process to the accused

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Section 294b IPC: Absence of words involve arousing sexual thoughts or feelings or words cannot attract offence

Cr.P.C

Court cannot read s. 164 Cr.P.C statement and compare the same with evidence

Civil

Burden of proof and onus of proof

General

People gathered for democratic protest is not an unlawful assembly

Class

Section 138 NI Act: Unless the firm is added as primary accused the partner cannot be fasten vicarious criminal liability for firm

General

Section 138 NI Act: Cheque filled by the complainant is not forgery

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Murder case acquittal

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Sanction: How sanctioning authority shall examine the case presented before him?

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