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

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Magistrate shall consider both the final report submitted under section 173(2) Cr.P.C and supplementary final report filed under section 173(8) Cr.P.C for prima facie

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General

Reasoned order is must to decide the Lis

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Cr.P.C

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General

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