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Can a mother's sole eyewitness testimony sustain a death sentence in a child rape-murder case?
Waris vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of a stepfather convicted of raping and throttling to death his six-year-old stepdaughter, finding the mother's eyewitness testimony reliable and corroborated by medical and objective evidence.
Can a public servant be convicted for bribery without proof of demand?
Jaswinder Singh (Dead Through LRs.) vs State of Punjab
The Supreme Court acquitted the appellant because neither the demand for bribe nor its acceptance was proved beyond reasonable doubt, as required under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
Can a POCSO conviction stand if victim's age is proved only by a Baptismal Certificate?
Pynchemalangaki Bareh vs State of Meghalaya
The Supreme Court modified the POCSO conviction to one under Section 376 IPC for rape, sentencing the accused to 10 years rigorous imprisonment, as the victim's minority was not proved through documents prescribed under Section 94 of the Juvenile Justice Act.
Does receiving a child victim's complaint amount to knowledge of the offence under POCSO?
AAA vs Linda Sema & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that a school headmistress who received a child victim's complaint of sexual assault had knowledge of the offence under Section 19 of the POCSO Act and could not be discharged from prosecution for failing to report it.
Can a person be convicted of murder if the police investigation is highly careless
Ashok Upadhyay and Anr. vs. The State of Bihar
The Supreme Court acquitted two men convicted of murder because the investigation was full of gaps and the family witnesses were untrustworthy.
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