Indian Penal Code, 1860
459 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.
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Cryogas Equipment Private Limited v. Inox India Limited and Others
i) What are the parameters for determining whether a work or an article falls within the limitation set out in s.15(2) of the Copyright Act, thereby classifying it as a ‘design’ u/s.2(d) of the Designs Act; ii) Whether the High…
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Suresh Kumar Agarwal v. M/s Haldia Steels Limited & Anr.
Whether the High Court erred in directing further investigation into the highly belated complaint filed by the complainant-Company after unexplained delay of six years by twisting and manipulating the facts to give a colour of…
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Janshruti (People’s Voice) v. Union of India & Ors.
Directions sought for the formulation of gender-neutral guidelines and legislation governing the filing of domestic violence and harassment complaints. Also, sought declaration regarding the constitutionality of s.498A of the…
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Pinki v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr.
Whether the High Court erred in passing various orders granting bail to accused persons in matters involving offences of serious nature of child trafficking.
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Serious Fraud Investigation Office v. Aditya Sarda
Matter pertains to the sustainability of orders passed by the High Court granting anticipatory bail to respondents accused of serious economic offences, and avoiding execution of summons or warrants, disobeying the orders of the…
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Biswajyoti Chatterjee v. State of West Bengal & Anr.
Whether the allegations against the appellant, as they stand, constitute an offence, u/ss.376(2)(f), 417 and 506 IPC; and whether the case of the appellant is fit for discharge u/s.227 CrPC, 1973.
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Jaspal Singh Kaural v. The State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.
Appellant established physical relationship with the complainant on promise of marriage. Complainant obtained divorce from her husband on the assurance of the appellant that he will marry her. Later, on refusal of the appellant…
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G.V. Adhimoolam & Ors. v. The Inspector of Police & Anr.
Matter pertains to the sustainability of the order passed by the High Court rejecting the petition of the appellants seeking quashing of complaint against them.
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State (NCT) of Delhi v. Rajeev Sharma
Issue arose whether the term imprisonment for a term “not less than 10 years” in clause (i) of the proviso (a) to s.167(2) Cr.P.C would include an offence where the punishment of 14 years of imprisonment is prescribed, but no…
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Vinay Aggarwal v. The State of Haryana and Ors.
In the instant case, the Single Judge of the High Court directed that the investigation be handed over to CBI. Whether the order of the Single Judge of the High Court is sustainable.
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Maukam Singh & Others v. State of Madhya Pradesh
Whether the order passed by the High Court upholding the conviction and sentence imposed on the accused u/s.302/34 and ss.323 and 324 rw s.34 IPC justified.
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Satbir Singh v. Rajesh Kumar and Others
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court whereby it set aside the order of the trial court summoning respondents as additional accused for facing trial along with the principal accused.
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Imran Pratapgadhi v. State Of Gujarat and Anr.
Whether on facts, the offences punishable under Sections 196, 197, 299 and 302 of the BNS as alleged, were made out against the appellant, a Member of Rajya Sabha; whether the High Court erred in rejecting the petition filed by…
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Akhilesh v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
Whether the High Court was justified in setting aside the trial court’s summoning order.
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R. Shashirekha v. State of Karnataka And Others
Issue arose as regards the order by which High Court allowed the petition of the respondents thereby quashing FIR and further investigation under ss.34, 306, 420, 506 of Penal Code, 1860.
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Aslam alias Imran v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the courts below convicting the accused-appellant u/s.302 IPC.
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Ramesh Kumaran & Anr. v. State Through the Inspector of Police & Anr.
Cross-FIRs related to the same incident and for the same offences, with allegations and counter-allegations, were filed by two lawyers against each other. The Supreme Court explored the possibility of an amicable settlement…
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Firoz Khan Akbarkhan v. The State of Maharashtra
Whether the concurrent conviction of the appellant u/s.302 r/w s.34, Penal Code, 1860 is justified; whether he is entitled to remission of sentence.
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Jothiragawan v. State Rep. By The Inspector of Police & Anr.
Whether the criminal proceedings against the appellant-accused ought to be quashed.
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Sudam Prabhakar Achat v. The State of Maharashtra
Issue arose as to whether the conviction u/s.302 IPC could be converted into s.304 Part I or Part II IPC.
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Dhirubhai Bhailalbhai Chauhan & Anr. v. State of Gujarat & Ors.
Whether the High Court was justified in reversing the judgment of acquittal passed by the Trial Court qua the appellants; whether in the facts of the case, mere presence of the appellants at the scene of crime, without anything…
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State of Madhya Pradesh v. Shyamlal & Ors.
The High Court converted the conviction of respondents u/s.302 of IPC into the second part of s.304 of the IPC. Whether the judgment of the High Court requires interference.
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State of Rajasthan v. Chatra
Whether the High Court erred in reversing the conviction of the respondent-accused under Section 376, Penal Code, 1860 for the rape of a minor girl and acquitting him.
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Gyanendra Singh @ Raja Singh v. State of U.P.
Whether the conviction of the appellant ought to have been recorded under the IPC or whether the provisions of the Special law, i.e., Section 42A of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, would prevail thereby,…
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Yuvraj Laxmilal Kanther & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra
Issue arose as to whether the High Court was correct in dismissing the revision application filed by the appellants assailing the order of the trial court dismissing their discharge applications u/s.227 CrPC.
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Sita Ram & Anr. v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court holding the appellant no.1 guilty of offence punishable u/s. 304 IPC and appellant no. 2 for offences punishable u/ss. 323 and 451 IPC and sentencing…
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Patel Babubhai Manohardas & Ors. v. State of Gujarat
The four appellants were convicted by the Trial Court u/ss.306 and 114 of Penal Code, 1860 and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 5 years. The High Court affirmed the conviction and sentence. Whether the High Court was…
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Karandeep Sharma @ Razia @ Raju v. State of Uttarakhand
In a case based on circumstantial evidence, whether the concurrent conviction of the appellant-accused for the kidnapping, rape/sexual assault and murder of a minor is sustainable.
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Suresh v. State Rep. By Inspector of Police
Whether the High Court was correct to uphold the conviction and life imprisonment granted by the Trial Court.
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K.S. Mehta v. M/s Morgan Securities and Credits Pvt. Ltd.
Whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the petitions filed under Section 482 CrPC for quashing of criminal proceedings.
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C. Kamalakkannan v. State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by Inspector of Police C.B.C.I.D., Chennai
Whether a handwriting expert’s testimony has to be corroborated; whether in the absence of primary evidence, i.e. the original postal cover, a copy of the document is admissible.
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Devinder Kumar Bansal v. The State of Punjab
Issue arose whether the High Court justified in denying anticipatory bail to the petitioner in connection with FIR registered against the petitioner for the offence punishable u/s.7 of the 1988 Act and s.61(2) of the BNS 2023.
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Rajnish Singh @ Soni v. State of U.P. and Another
Matter pertains to the liability of the appellant to be prosecuted for committing rape upon the complainant by giving her a false promise of marriage; and the correctness of the order passed by the High Court dismissing the…
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Shabeen Ahmad v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court granting bail to in-laws of the deceased wife, charged for causing dowry death of the deceased.
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Abdul Wahid & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan
Whether it is for the prosecution to connect the accused to the alleged crime by producing credible and legally admissible evidence to punish.
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Sudershan Singh Wazir v. State (NCT of Delhi) & Ors.
Issue arose as regards the correctness of orders passed by the High Court staying the discharge of the accused and directing him to surrender before the trial court.
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Pradip N. Sharma v. State of Gujarat & Anr.
The High Court dismissed the criminal miscellaneous application of appellant praying for quashing of the FIR registered u/ss.409, 219 and 114 of IPC and also rejected the appellant’s prayer for anticipatory bail.
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Gauri Mahto @ Gauri Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Whether in the facts of the case, prima-facie offence u/s.364-A, IPC against appellant is made out or not.
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Raju @ Nirpendra Singh v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
Prosecutrix, a minor village girl, was allegedly kidnapped on the pretext of securing her a job, and then gang raped by accused-appellants over a period of two months by holding her captive by threatening her life. Whether the…
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Kanishk Sinha & Another v. The State of West Bengal & Another
Whether the High Court was justified in holding that the direction issued in Priyanka Srivastava v. State of Uttar Pradesh [2015] 4 SCR 108 that a complaint will be accompanied by an affidavit is prospective in nature not having…