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Girl Admits She Made False Rape Allegations So The Parents Would Get Them Married: Goa POCSO Court Acquits 19-Year-Old Boy After Victim’s Confession And Lack Of Evidence
Latest News Apr 22, 2026

Girl Admits She Made False Rape Allegations So The Parents Would Get Them Married: Goa POCSO Court Acquits 19-Year-Old Boy After Victim’s Confession And Lack Of Evidence

A serious POCSO case in Goa ended in acquittal when the girl admitted she ran away with the boy voluntarily and lied earlier. When liberty depends on statements that later collapse, is the system protecting the innocent enough? In a judgment dated 20.04.2026, the Fast Track Special Court (POCSO) at Panaji, presided over by Dr….
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Husband Seeing Wife Being Intimate With Lover Counts As ‘Grave And Sudden Provocation’: Gujarat High Court Reduces Murder Charge Of Man  
High Court Mar 27, 2026

Husband Seeing Wife Being Intimate With Lover Counts As ‘Grave And Sudden Provocation’: Gujarat High Court Reduces Murder Charge Of Man  

Caught wife with lover at night—was it murder or loss of control? Gujarat High Court says “grave and sudden provocation”… but what really happened inside that house? AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court has upheld a 2001 conviction of a husband for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after he assaulted his wife on finding her in an intimate situation with another man inside his own house. The court accepted that the incident involved “grave…

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Alleged Murder of Husband and Minor Son: Meghalaya High Court Frees Woman, Sets Aside Life Sentence Over “Unreliable Confession” and Broken Evidence Chain
High Court Mar 24, 2026

Alleged Murder of Husband and Minor Son: Meghalaya High Court Frees Woman, Sets Aside Life Sentence Over “Unreliable Confession” and Broken Evidence Chain

The High Court of Meghalaya has taken a strict view on evidence and procedure in a grave offence. Can an accused be acquitted in a brutal family murder case just because the confession has technical defects and the chain of evidence is called incomplete? SHILLONG: The High Court of Meghalaya, led by Chief Justice Revati…

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Life Sentence To Man On Circumstantial Evidence: Calcutta High Court Relies On ‘Last-Seen’ Theory In Woman’s Death Case
Latest News Mar 14, 2026

Life Sentence To Man On Circumstantial Evidence: Calcutta High Court Relies On ‘Last-Seen’ Theory In Woman’s Death Case

The Calcutta High Court upheld the man’s conviction, holding that circumstantial evidence sufficiently established responsibility for the woman’s death—but would the outcome have been same if the accused had been a woman?  Life Sentence To Man: In a recent decision, the Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Rai Chattopadhyay upheld the conviction of Md. Abdul Mottalab Mia in a murder case from Jalpaiguri, West…

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Section 498A IPC Treats Cruelty as Continuing Offence; Matrimonial Cruelty Cases Cannot Be Dismissed Merely Due to Delay in Complaint: Kerala High Court
High Court Mar 5, 2026

Section 498A IPC Treats Cruelty as Continuing Offence; Matrimonial Cruelty Cases Cannot Be Dismissed Merely Due to Delay in Complaint: Kerala High Court

Can a husband still face conviction even if the complaint is filed after a long delay? The Kerala High Court held that cruelty under Section 498A of the IPC is a continuing offence, so delay alone cannot be a ground to dismiss the case. ERNAKULAM: A recent judgment of the Kerala High Court delivered by…

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Husband Seeing Wife Being Intimate With Lover Counts As ‘Grave And Sudden Provocation’: Gujarat High Court Reduces Murder Charge Of Man  
High Court Mar 27, 2026 0

Husband Seeing Wife Being Intimate With Lover Counts As ‘Grave And Sudden Provocation’: Gujarat High Court Reduces Murder Charge Of Man  

Caught wife with lover at night—was it murder or loss of control? Gujarat High Court says “grave and sudden provocation”… but what really happened inside that house? AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court has upheld a 2001 conviction of a husband for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after he assaulted his wife on finding her in an intimate situation with another man inside his own house. The court accepted that the incident involved “grave…

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Alleged Murder of Husband and Minor Son: Meghalaya High Court Frees Woman, Sets Aside Life Sentence Over “Unreliable Confession” and Broken Evidence Chain
High Court Mar 24, 2026 0

Alleged Murder of Husband and Minor Son: Meghalaya High Court Frees Woman, Sets Aside Life Sentence Over “Unreliable Confession” and Broken Evidence Chain

The High Court of Meghalaya has taken a strict view on evidence and procedure in a grave offence. Can an accused be acquitted in a brutal family murder case just because the confession has technical defects and the chain of evidence is called incomplete? SHILLONG: The High Court of Meghalaya, led by Chief Justice Revati…

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Life Sentence To Man On Circumstantial Evidence: Calcutta High Court Relies On ‘Last-Seen’ Theory In Woman’s Death Case
Latest News Mar 14, 2026 0

Life Sentence To Man On Circumstantial Evidence: Calcutta High Court Relies On ‘Last-Seen’ Theory In Woman’s Death Case

The Calcutta High Court upheld the man’s conviction, holding that circumstantial evidence sufficiently established responsibility for the woman’s death—but would the outcome have been same if the accused had been a woman?  Life Sentence To Man: In a recent decision, the Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Rai Chattopadhyay upheld the conviction of Md. Abdul Mottalab Mia in a murder case from Jalpaiguri, West…

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Section 498A IPC Treats Cruelty as Continuing Offence; Matrimonial Cruelty Cases Cannot Be Dismissed Merely Due to Delay in Complaint: Kerala High Court
High Court Mar 5, 2026 0

Section 498A IPC Treats Cruelty as Continuing Offence; Matrimonial Cruelty Cases Cannot Be Dismissed Merely Due to Delay in Complaint: Kerala High Court

Can a husband still face conviction even if the complaint is filed after a long delay? The Kerala High Court held that cruelty under Section 498A of the IPC is a continuing offence, so delay alone cannot be a ground to dismiss the case. ERNAKULAM: A recent judgment of the Kerala High Court delivered by…

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