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Does a single stab in a sudden election fight constitute murder?
Mehmood Khan vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
The Supreme Court reduced Mehmood Khan's murder conviction to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, sentencing him to the period already undergone, as the stabbing occurred in a sudden unpremeditated free fight without intention to cause death.
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 Sessions Court impose life imprisonment excluding all statutory remission for murder?
Naval Kishore & Anr. vs State of Punjab
The Supreme Court held that a Sessions Court cannot direct that a life sentence for murder excludes statutory remission, and modified the sentence to 25 years rigorous imprisonment without remission.
Can courts order fresh de novo investigation after acquittal if prior investigations were biased?
Kusumavati Gowda vs The Government of Karnataka & Ors.
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's refusal and ordered a de novo investigation by a fresh SIT into the 2012 rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl after three prior investigations were found to be tainted and inadequate.
Can a murder conviction stand on unreliable eyewitnesses and incomplete circumstantial evidence?
KARTIKA @ KIRTAN @ KIRTAN CHARAN JENA & ANR. ETC. VERSUS THE STATE OF ODISHA WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO (s). 2223 OF 2010
The Supreme Court acquitted the appellants of murder, holding that unreliable eyewitness accounts and an incomplete chain of circumstantial evidence could not sustain conviction beyond reasonable doubt.
Must a Magistrate record evidence before committing a sessions-triable case?
NEERAJ GUPTA Versus PARDEEP KUMAR BANSAL & ORS.
The Supreme Court held that a Magistrate is not required to record pre-charge evidence under Section 244 CrPC before committing a case exclusively triable by a Court of Session.
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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