Wife Drugged Husband With Sleeping Pills, Lover Strangled Him To Death: Bengaluru Court Sentences Both To Life Imprisonment
A Bengaluru court held a wife and her lover guilty of a planned murder, sentencing both to life imprisonment for…
Tag: Criminal Law India
5 Men Wrongly Convicted In 34-Year-Old Gang Rape Case? Patna High Court Sets Aside Conviction, Says Allegation Appeared As An ‘Afterthought’ Months After FIR
Can a gang rape conviction survive if the FIR does not mention rape? The Patna High Court ruled that the…
498A Misuse | Scolding Daughter-In-Law For Placing Food Pot On Ground Is Not Cruelty: Jharkhand High Court Set Aside The Conviction Of A Mother-In-Law
Can a mother-in-law be convicted under 498A only for scolding her daughter-in-law over a domestic issue? Jharkhand High Court says…
Man Refusing To Marry Long-Term Live-In Partner Won’t Amount To Rape: Chhattisgarh High Court
Can a long live-in relationship later become a rape case only because marriage did not happen? Chhattisgarh High Court explains…
Father-In-Law Cannot Be Convicted On General Allegations In Dowry Death Case: Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Conviction Under Section 498A IPC
Can a 498A conviction stand without proving individual involvement? Allahabad High Court said No. The Court found that only general…
Mohali Suitcase Murder Case: Wife Seerat Kaur Gets Life Imprisonment After Conviction Under Section 302 IPC For Murdering Husband And Hiding Body In Suitcase
Husband Ekam Singh Dhillon’s body was found packed inside a suitcase kept in a BMW car, and after an almost…
Sonam Raghuvanshi Carried Gun As Plan B To Kill Husband Raja: SG Mehta Asks Supreme Court To Cancel Bail
A dead husband is not just a case file, a section number, or a courtroom technicality. He was a son,…
Sister-In-Law Living Abroad Cannot Be Dragged Into 498A Case On Phone Call Allegations: Karnataka High Court
Can phone calls from abroad become cruelty under Section 498A IPC? The Karnataka High Court held that alleged telephonic instigation…
Raja Raghuvanshi Murder Case: Meghalaya Police Moves Supreme Court Against Bail To Wife Sonam Raghuvanshi
Can a prime accused in her husband’s alleged honeymoon murder get bail because police failed to properly communicate arrest grounds?…
False Rape Case | Consensual Live-In, Engagement, Then FIR: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Music Director In Punjabi Actress Rape Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to a music director after noting that both parties were adults, were…
