Section 313 CrPC Archives

supreme court judgment on section 313 of crpc

‘Failure to put material circumstances before accused amounts to serious irregularity’; Supreme Court set aside conviction in 27-year-old murder case

Supreme Court proceeded with the fact that the only circumstance appearing against the appellant was not put to him in the statement under Section 313 of CrPC.

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Del HC | Can mere ipse dixit and statement in defence under S. 313 CrPC rebut presumption cast under S. 139 NI Act? Read on

Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., addressed a matter with regard to offences under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Instant

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Bom HC | Act of pouring kerosene on the person of deceased and setting her on fire amounts to culpable homicide amounting to murder

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.M. Gavhane and T.V. Nalawade, JJ., while partially allowing the appeal, held that, “…with regard to

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Cal HC | ‘Death sentence’ may or may not deter others; balance sheet of aggravating and mitigating circumstances must be made before its imposition

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Joymalya Bagchi and Suvra Ghosh, JJ. upheld the conviction of the appellants for the commission

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All HC | Conviction for child labour reversed as age of alleged child labourers could not be proved as required by Child Labour Rules

Allahabad High Court: Rajeev Misra, J. while allowing the criminal revision set aside the conviction and sentence awarded to the revisionist passed

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HP HC | When two reasonable conclusions are possible, the Appellate Court should not disturb the acquittal recorded by trial court

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. dismissed a petition finding no merit in the appeal as when two reasonable conclusions are

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Jhar HC | ‘Made him believe’ goes against the fundamental principle of criminal jurisprudence, any accusations made on the premise is a grave mistake

Jharkhand High Court: The Division Bench of Shree Chandrashekar and Deepak Roshan, JJ. dismissed a petition on the ground that prosecution has

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Bom HC | Conviction for rape reversed where love affair between youngsters landed in prosecution of a young boy

Bombay High Court: Sadhana S. Jadhav, J. allowed an appeal filed against the decision of the trial court whereby the appellant was convicted

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Section 313 CrPC can well be considered as a constitutional right under Article 21; invocation of last seen theory sans facts and evidence does not shift onus on accused: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of Rohinton F. Nariman and Navin Sinha, JJ. allowed criminal appeal filed against the judgment of Gauhati High