Indian Penal Code, 1860
Repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still governs offences and proceedings from before that date.
1279 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.
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Dr. Sohail Malik v. Union of India & Anr.
Issue arose whether the Internal Complaints Committee-ICC constituted in one department of the Central Government has the jurisdiction to entertain a complaint of sexual harassment under the POSH Act against an employee of a…
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Surender Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh
Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the appellant could be convicted for an offence lesser than one punishable u/s.302, Penal Code, 1860.
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Govind Mandavi v. State of Chattisgarh
Whether the trial Court as well as the High Court committed grave errors in facts as well as in law while appreciating the evidence available on record and convicting the accused-appellant for the offences alleged u/s.302 r/w.…
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Neeraj Kumar @ Neeraj Yadav v. State of U.P. & Ors.
Issue arose whether the courts below, in the attending facts and circumstances, justified in dismissing the application for summoning additional accused.
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Tuhin Kumar Biswas @ Bumba v. The State of West Bengal
The Revision Petition filed by the Appellant-accused against the order dismissing the discharge application filed by the Appellant in FIR No.50/2020 dated 19.03.2020 lodged with police station Bidhannagar North, was dismissed by…
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Rousanara Begum v. S.K. Salahuddin @ SK Salauddin & Anr.
Issue arose whether goods given to a daughter at the time of her marriage by her father, or to the bridegroom, can be by application of law, returned to the daughter-appellant given that their marriage had ended in divorce.
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Raj Kumar @ Bheema v. State of NCT of Delhi
Appellant-accused was convicted for the offence punishable u/s.302 IPC. The High Court further affirmed the order on sentence dated 20.02.2021, whereby the accused-appellant was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life.
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Govind v. State of Haryana
Whether the judgment of Trial Court, as affirmed by the High Court, convicting the appellant for the charges u/s.302, IPC and s.25, Arms Act and the sentence as directed, is based on cogent material and evidence sufficient to…
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R. Rajendran v. Kamar Nisha and Others
The High Court directed the appellant to appear before a Hospital for collection of blood samples for DNA profiling. Whether the High Court was justified in directing the appellant to undergo DNA testing.
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Ravi Prakash Srivastava & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
Challenge to the judgment of the High Court whereby it disposed of the writ petition without granting any substantive relief as prayed for by the petitioners-allottees in a Group Housing Project stalled for nearly two decades.
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Mihir Rajesh Shah v. State of Maharashtra and Another
Whether in each and every case, even arising out of an offence under Penal Code, 1860 now Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 would it be necessary to furnish grounds of arrest to an accused either before arrest or forthwith after…
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Muskan v. Ishaan Khan (Sataniya) and Others
Whether the High Court was right in quashing the criminal proceedings against the private respondents primarily on the ground that the earlier complaints did not mention the two specific incidents dated 22.07.2021 and 27.11.2022,…
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State of Chhattisgarh v. Amit Aishwarya Jogi
Whether the three-Judge Bench judgment in the case of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Anr. v. State of Bihar and Anr. lays down the correct proposition of law, or whether the same requires reference to, and resolution by a larger bench.
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Sadiq B. Hanchinmani v. The State of Karnataka & Ors.
Issue arose whether the direction for investigation to the police issued by the JMFC-Judicial Magistrate First Class u/s.156(3) CrPC which was quashed by the impugned orders, justified; and whether the JMFC had sufficient…
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MMTC Limited v. Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pvt. Limited
Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in not entertaining the objections filed by the appellant u/s.47 CPC and in dismissing the same; and whether at least prima facie the case of breach of fiduciary duty has been…
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Sankar Padam Thapa v. Vijaykumar Dineshchandra Agarwal
Whether in the absence of a Trust being made an accused in a complaint under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, when a Cheque has been issued on behalf of a Trust, the said complaint would be maintainable against the…
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State of Rajasthan v. Parmeshwar Ramlal Joshi and Others
Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in reviewing its earlier orders while exercising jurisdiction u/s.528 BNSS [s.482 CrPC]
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Dashwanth v. State of Tamil Nadu
Trial Court found appellant guilty for the charges framed u/ss.302, 201, 363, 366 and 354-B of the IPC and s.8 r/w. s.7 and s.6 r/w. s.5(m) of the POCSO Act. An appeal against the said conviction was dismissed by the High Court…
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S. Rajaseekaran v. Union of India and Ors.
Matter pertains to issuance of directions relating to road safety, safety of pedestrians while walking on footpaths, wearing of helmets, wrong lane driving and unsafe overtaking, use of dazzling LED white lights to help in…
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Zainul v. The State of Bihar
The High Court dismissed the appeal preferred by the appellants herein and thereby affirmed the judgment and order of conviction passed by the Trial Court in Sessions Case No. 124 of 1989 holding the appellants herein guilty of…
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Nilesh Baburao Gitte v. State of Maharashtra
Appellant was convicted for matricide-killing of one’s own mother. By the present appeal, the appellant calls in question the correctness of the judgment of the High Court.
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Rajendra Singh and Ors. v. State of Uttaranchal Etc.
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court convicting the appellants u/s.302 IPC; and whether the appellants are the real persons who chased the deceased and killed him.
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Nazim & Ors. v. The State of Uttarakhand
Whether the prosecution has succeeded in establishing, beyond a reasonable doubt, a complete chain of circumstances leading only to the conclusion of guilt of the Appellants, or whether the circumstances leave room for reasonable…
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Anukul Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr.
Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in rejecting the application seeking quashing of the charge sheet as well as the consequential proceedings arising out of the FIR registered for offences punishable u/ss.420, 467,…
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Nagamma @ Nagarathna & Ors. v. The State of Karnataka
In the instant case, whether the motive projected and the crime has been proved and whether the circumstances lead to the culpability of the accused.
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All India Football Federation v. Rahul Mehra & Ors.
Should Eminent Players be in the General Body; if so, to what extent; what should be the Eligibility criteria to be designated an Eminent Player; whether ‘Office bearers’ should be limited to President, Treasurer, Secretary;…
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Thammineni Bhaskar v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the courts below convicting and sentencing the appellant u/ss.302, 364 and 201 IPC for kidnapping and murder of the informant’s son.
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Anna Waman Bhalerao v. State of Maharashtra
Whether the High Court was justified in rejecting the anticipatory bail applications of the appellants; issue of inordinate delay by Courts in deciding the bail and anticipatory bail applications.
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Mamman Khan v. State of Haryana
Issue arose whether the orders of the trial court, as affirmed by the High Court, directing segregation of the appellant’s trial from that of the co-accused and requiring the filing of a separate charge sheet solely on the ground…
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Maniklal Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh
Whether the High Court committed any error in bringing the case within the ambit of “attempt to commit murder” punishable u/s.307 IPC on the ground that the deceased-R died after a period of nine months from the date of the…
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Mohammad Afzal Mohammad Sharif v. The State of Maharashtra and Others
The complaint of the appellant before the High Court was that the police officers concerned had failed in their duty by not registering a First Information Report apropos the attack and assault on him by four individuals on…
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Jupally Lakshmikantha Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.
Whether the High Court erred in refusing to quash the proceedings u/s.420, IPC against the appellant.
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Akhtar Ali @ Ali Akhtar @ Shamim @ Raja Ustad v. State of Uttarakhand
Whether the conviction of the appellants, as recorded by the trial Court and affirmed by the High Court, deserves to be upheld or whether they are entitled to acquittal.
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Vinod Kumar Pandey & Anr. v. Seesh Ram Saini & Ors.
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court holding that prima facie cognizable offences are made out for investigation against the appellant-officers of the CBI, and directing the Delhi Police to…
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Geeta v. The State of Karnataka
Whether the conviction of the appellant u/s.306, IPC is sustainable; was the evidence against the appellant of such nature that the overt acts attributed to her left the deceased-victim with no option except to commit suicide.
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Phireram v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
Whether the High Court erred in passing the impugned order, by which it disposed of the application filed by the appellant-complainant seeking cancellation of bail of the accused persons on the ground of threats being…
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Rajan v. The State of Haryana
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the courts below convicting and sentencing the appellant for offence punishable u/ss.302/34 IPC and ss.25, 27 of the Arms Act; and delay at the instance of the High…
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M/S Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
Issue arose as regards the order passed by the National Green Tribunal imposing a compensation of ₹18 crores on the appellant for alleged environmental violations; and whether the tribunal adhered to fair procedure while…
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Sushil Kumar Tiwari v. Hare Ram Sah & Ors.
Allegation against the respondent nos.1 and 2 that they raped a minor girl. It is admitted that they never committed the acts together and always acted separately. In light of the controversy involved in the instant case, the two…
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Tarun Sharma v. State of Haryana.
Conviction of the appellant u/s.302, IPC based on the statement/ dying declaration (Exh. P-34) of the deceased, if ought to be set aside.