Witness Testimony

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Citing Inconsistent Witness Testimony: George vs. State of Tamil Nadu (2024) INSC 974 (13 December 2024)

/ Criminal Law, Evidence, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 302, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 341, Offences Against Human Body, Witness Testimony

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Citing Inconsistent Witness Testimony: George vs. State of Tamil Nadu (2024) INSC 974 (13 December 2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a conviction can be sustained when based solely on the testimony of a witness whose evidence is deemed unreliable for other accused individuals involved in the same incident. CASE […]

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Citing Inconsistent Witness Testimony: George vs. State of Tamil Nadu (2024) INSC 974 (13 December 2024) Read Post »

Supreme Court overturns conviction in attempt to murder case: Raju vs. State of Uttarakhand (2024) INSC 633 (31 July 2024)

/ Attempt to Murder, Criminal Law, Criminal Law with Section 307, Evidence Law, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 307, Medical Evidence, Offences Against Human Body, Witness Testimony

Supreme Court overturns conviction in attempt to murder case: Raju vs. State of Uttarakhand (2024) INSC 633 (31 July 2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the conviction under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for attempt to murder was justified based on the evidence presented. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Raju and Another vs. State

Supreme Court overturns conviction in attempt to murder case: Raju vs. State of Uttarakhand (2024) INSC 633 (31 July 2024) Read Post »

Supreme Court Acquits Forest Officer in Bribery Case: Mir Mustafa Ali Hasmi vs. State of A.P. (2024)

/ Bribery, Circumstantial Evidence, Criminal Law, Criminal Misconduct, Evidence Law, Offences by Public Servants, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 with Section 13, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 with Section 7, Witness Testimony

Supreme Court Acquits Forest Officer in Bribery Case: Mir Mustafa Ali Hasmi vs. State of A.P. (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the prosecution has sufficiently proven the demand and acceptance of a bribe by a public servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Prevention of Corruption Case Name: Mir Mustafa Ali

Supreme Court Acquits Forest Officer in Bribery Case: Mir Mustafa Ali Hasmi vs. State of A.P. (2024) Read Post »

Supreme Court overturns conviction in murder case due to unreliable witness testimony: Hanna vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2024)

/ Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 149, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 302, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 323, Witness Testimony

Supreme Court overturns conviction in murder case due to unreliable witness testimony: Hanna vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Reliability of witness testimony in criminal trials, particularly when witnesses are declared hostile and later recalled. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Hanna vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh Judgment Date: 1 May 2024 Date

Supreme Court overturns conviction in murder case due to unreliable witness testimony: Hanna vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2024) Read Post »

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case: Kirpal Singh vs. State of Punjab (2024) INSC 312

/ Evidence Law, Evidence Law with Witness Reliability, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 302, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 307, Offences Against Human Body, Witness Testimony

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case: Kirpal Singh vs. State of Punjab (2024) INSC 312 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the evidence presented by the prosecution was reliable enough to uphold a conviction in a murder case. CASE TYPE: Criminal. Case Name: Kirpal Singh vs. State of Punjab. Judgment Date: April 18, 2024 Date of the

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case: Kirpal Singh vs. State of Punjab (2024) INSC 312 Read Post »

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Citing Unreliable Witness Testimony (2023)

/ Criminal Law, Evidence Evaluation, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 148, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 149, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 302, Offences Against Human Body, Witness Testimony

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Citing Unreliable Witness Testimony (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the testimony of partially reliable witnesses can be used to convict an accused when their testimony has been disbelieved in part. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law – Murder Case Name: Balaram vs. State of Madhya Pradesh [Judgment Date]: 8 November 2023

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Citing Unreliable Witness Testimony (2023) Read Post »

Supreme Court Remands Property Dispute Case: Sabir Hussain vs. Syed Mohammad Hassan (2023)

/ Adverse Possession, Appellate Procedure, Evidentiary Value of Documents, First Appellate Court, Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Re-appreciation of Evidence, Sale Deed, Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Witness Testimony

Supreme Court Remands Property Dispute Case: Sabir Hussain vs. Syed Mohammad Hassan (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court erred in reversing the Trial Court’s judgment without proper consideration of evidence in a property dispute case. CASE TYPE: Civil Property Dispute Case Name: Sabir Hussain (Dead) Thr. Lrs. And Ors. vs. Syed Mohammad Hassan (Dead)

Supreme Court Remands Property Dispute Case: Sabir Hussain vs. Syed Mohammad Hassan (2023) Read Post »

Supreme Court acquits husband in murder case due to weak circumstantial evidence: State of Madhya Pradesh vs. Phoolchand Rathore (28 April 2023)

/ Acquittal, Aravind Kumar, Circumstantial Evidence, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 201, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 302, Judges, Manoj Misra, Murder, Recovery of Evidence, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Witness Testimony

Supreme Court acquits husband in murder case due to weak circumstantial evidence: State of Madhya Pradesh vs. Phoolchand Rathore (28 April 2023) Date of the Judgment: 28 April 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 395 Judges: Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J., Manoj Misra, J., Aravind Kumar, J. Can a conviction for murder be sustained solely on circumstantial evidence

Supreme Court acquits husband in murder case due to weak circumstantial evidence: State of Madhya Pradesh vs. Phoolchand Rathore (28 April 2023) Read Post »

Supreme Court acquits accused in murder case due to unreliable witness testimony: Nagaraj Reddy vs. State of Tamil Nadu (21 March 2023)

/ B.R. Gavai, Corroboration of Evidence, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 302, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 341, Judges, Vikram Nath, Witness Testimony

Supreme Court acquits accused in murder case due to unreliable witness testimony: Nagaraj Reddy vs. State of Tamil Nadu (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a conviction can be solely based on the testimony of an interested witness without corroboration. CASE TYPE: Criminal Appeal Case Name: Nagaraj Reddy vs. State of Tamil Nadu Judgment Date: 21 March

Supreme Court acquits accused in murder case due to unreliable witness testimony: Nagaraj Reddy vs. State of Tamil Nadu (21 March 2023) Read Post »

Supreme Court overturns conviction in murder case due to unreliable witness testimony: Vijay and Anr. vs State of Madhya Pradesh (2023)

/ B.R. Gavai, Evidence Law, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 302, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 34, Judges, M.M. Sundresh, Offences Against Human Body, Witness Testimony

Supreme Court overturns conviction in murder case due to unreliable witness testimony: Vijay and Anr. vs State of Madhya Pradesh (2023) Date of the Judgment: January 11, 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 699 Judges: B.R. Gavai, J. and M.M. Sundresh, J. Can a conviction for murder be upheld when the primary eyewitness’s testimony is inconsistent and

Supreme Court overturns conviction in murder case due to unreliable witness testimony: Vijay and Anr. vs State of Madhya Pradesh (2023) Read Post »

Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in 1980 Murder Case: Karan Singh vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2022)

/ Burden of Proof, Evidence Law, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 149, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 302, Indira Banerjee, Judges, Offences Against Human Body, V. Ramasubramanian, Witness Testimony

Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in 1980 Murder Case: Karan Singh vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the conviction of the appellant for murder and other offenses was justified based on the evidence presented, despite some discrepancies in witness testimonies and lack of weapon recovery. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Karan Singh vs.

Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in 1980 Murder Case: Karan Singh vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2022) Read Post »

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Kerala Abkari Act Case Due to Lack of Evidence: Jayan vs. State of Kerala (2021)

/ Abhay S. Oka, Ajay Rastogi, Criminal Law, Evidence, Judges, Kerala Abkari Act, Kerala Abkari Act with Section 55(a), Witness Testimony

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Kerala Abkari Act Case Due to Lack of Evidence: Jayan vs. State of Kerala (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the prosecution has sufficiently proven the charges of illegal transportation of spirit under the Kerala Abkari Act. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Jayan vs. State of Kerala [Judgment Date]: 22 October

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Kerala Abkari Act Case Due to Lack of Evidence: Jayan vs. State of Kerala (2021) Read Post »

Scroll to Top