Department of Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation

Criminal Appeal no- 1319 of 2008 Supreme Court of India BENCH: Hon’ble Mr A.K. Patnaik, Hon’ble Mr Swatanter Kumar DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 8th May 2012 RELEVANT SECTIONS: Section 302 IPC (Punishment for murder) Section 201 IPC (causing disappearing of evidence) Section 435 IPC (Theft by fire or explosives) Section 380 IPC (Theft in dwelling house)… Continue reading Munna Kumar Upadhyaya vs the State of A.P

Criminal Appeal no- 1651 of 2009 Supreme Court of India BENCH: Hon’ble Mr B.S. Chauhan, Hon’ble Mr Fakkir Mohamed Kalifulla DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 11th May 2012 RELEVANT SECTIONS: Section 302 IPC (Punishment for murder) Section 316 IPC (causing the death of a quick unborn child) BACK STORY The accident of a car on Khatoli road… Continue reading Sandeep vs the State of UP

Criminal Appeal no- 593 of 2010 Supreme Court of India BENCH: Hon’ble Mr Dipak Mishra, Hon’ble Mr Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 1st July 2014 RELEVANT SECTIONS: Section 302 IPC (Punishment for murder) Section 364 IPC (kidnapping or abducting to murder) BACK STORY The victim Mani had bought land in Vadapudur village and the… Continue reading Paramsivam & Ors vs State Tr. Insp. Of Police

Criminal Appeal no- 4235 of 2013 High Court of Himachal Pradesh BENCH: Hon’ble Mr Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Hon’ble Mr Chandet Bhusan Barowalia DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 22nd Dec 2017 RELEVANT SECTIONS: Section 302 IPC (Punishment for murder) BACK STORY The accused was deployed as Sepoy at Babina Catt. when he met the victim and was in… Continue reading Karan Thakur vs State of Himachal Pradesh

Criminal Appeal no- 6858 of 2015 High Court of Orissa BENCH: Hon’ble Mr Krishnamurthy D. Sangannavar, Hon’ble Mr Rajeshwar N Hegde DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 22nd May 2017 RELEVANT SECTIONS: Section 218 IPC (Public servant framing incorrect record) Section 302 IPC (Punishment for murder) Section 201 IPC (Causing disappearing of evidence) Section 342 IPC (Punishment for… Continue reading Sushil Kumar Nayak vs the State of Orissa

Criminal Appeal no- 812 of 2007 The high court of Gujarat BENCH: Hon’ble Mr Bhaskar Bhattacharya, Hon’ble Mr J.B. Pardiwala DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 24tth March 2014 RELEVANT SECTIONS: Section 302 IPC (Punishment for murder) Section 317 IPC (Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years by parents ) Section 114 IPC (Abettor present when the… Continue reading Sathwara Bharatkumar Mohanlal vs the State of Gujarat

Criminal Appeal no- 1531 of 2015 Supreme court of India BENCH: Hon’ble Mr Dipak Mishra, Hon’ble Mr C. Nagappan DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 3rd Oct 2016 RELEVANT SECTIONS: Section 302 IPC (Punishment for murder) Section 201 IPC (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence ) Section 364 IPC (kidnapping or abducting to murder)  BACK STORY Nitish Katara,… Continue reading Vikas Yadav vs the State of UP

Criminal Appeal no- 145 of 2017 Supreme court of India BENCH: Hon’ble Mr Rohinton Fali Nariman, R. Hon’ble Mr Subhash Reddy, Hon’ble Mr Surya Kant DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 3rd Oct 2019 RELEVANT SECTIONS: Section 302 IPC (Punishment for murder) Section 201 IPC (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence ) Section 120B IPC (Punishment for criminal… Continue reading Ishwari Lal Yadav vs the State of Chhattisgarh

Criminal Appeal no- 145 of 2011 Supreme court of India BENCH: Hon’ble Mr Madan B. Lokur DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 12th Dec 2018 RELEVANT SECTIONS: Section 302 IPC (Punishment for murder) Section 376(2)f IPC (commit rape on a woman when she is under the age of twelve years) Section 377 IPC (Punishment for the unnatural sexual… Continue reading Rajendra Prahladrao Wasnik vs the State of Maharastra

Criminal Appeal no- 1419 of 2012 Supreme court of India BENCH: Hon’ble Mr K.S. Radhakrishnan, Hon’ble Mr Vikramajit Sen DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 20th Feb 2014 RELEVANT SECTIONS: Section 302 IPC (Punishment for murder) Section 377 IPC (Punishment for sexual activity against nature) Section 201 IPC (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence ) BACK STORY A… Continue reading Anil @ Anthony Arikswamy Joseph vs the State of Maharastra