Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 2047
of 2008, Judgment Date: Apr 24, 2015
Dealing with the
concept of chance witness, a two-Judge Bench in Rana Pratap and others v.
State of Haryana[8], has observed that:-
“We do not understand the expression “chance witnesses”. Murders are
not committed with previous notice to witnesses, soliciting their
presence. If murder is committed in a dwelling house, the inmates Full Judgment
Allahabad High Court (Single Judge)
APPLICATION U/s 482, 9953
of 2015, Judgment Date: Apr 21, 2015
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 806
of 2009, Judgment Date: Feb 26, 2015
The Doctrine of parity cannot replace
the substantive evidence of the two injured eye-witnesses mentioned
above, who have been believed concurrently by the courts below.
The evidence of the two injured
eye-witnesses is clear - this is not a case of sudden provocation and
the mere absence of motive does not bring home the lesser charge.
The appeal Full Judgment
Supreme Court of India (Full Bench (FB)- Three Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 1149
of 2013, Judgment Date: Feb 19, 2015
It is settled principle of law that, to establish commission of murder
by an accused, motive is not required to be proved. Motive is
something which prompts a man to form an intention. The intention can
be formed even at the place of incident at the time of commission of
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 827
of 2008, Judgment Date: Feb 11, 2015
-This Court has observed in a number of cases, that there is no reason to
doubt the veracity of the dying declaration especially, since there is
consistency between them. In the case of Ravi & Anr. v State of T.N. (2004
(10) SCC 776), it has been held by this Court that if the truthfulness or
otherwise of the dying declaration cannot be doubted, the same Full Judgment
Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
AA, CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2282 OF 2014
Judgment Date: Jan 23, 2015
No doubt normally the right of private defence is not available to either of the parties in incidents of group fighting, but that is not a rule without exception.- In the case at hand, we have a special circumstance where the injured person (appellant no. 1) who was given 2cm x 2cm x 1.5cm deep knife blow on his back (scapular region) has retorted by using licensed firearm, and killed one of his rivals in the same incident. Accused/appellant Pathubha Govindji has Full Judgment
Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 513
of 2008, Judgment Date: Jan 08, 2015
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 2371
of 2010, Judgment Date: Jan 07, 2015
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 493-495
of 2009, Judgment Date: Jan 06, 2015
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 1203
of 2009, Judgment Date: Dec 17, 2014
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 2329-2331
of 2009, Judgment Date: Dec 17, 2014
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 1039
of 2014, Judgment Date: Dec 17, 2014
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Supreme Court of India (Full Bench (FB)- Three Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 2486-2487
of 2014, Judgment Date: Nov 26, 2014
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 1565
of 2012, Judgment Date: Nov 21, 2014
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 2388
of 2014, Judgment Date: Nov 11, 2014
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 906
of 2012, Judgment Date: Oct 31, 2014
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Supreme Court of India (Full Bench (FB)- Three Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 242
of 2012, Judgment Date: Oct 30, 2014
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 2475
of 2009, Judgment Date: Oct 29, 2014
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 1381
of 2011, Judgment Date: Oct 29, 2014
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Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
Appeal (Crl.), 2202
of 2014, Judgment Date: Oct 14, 2014
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