Contact is not the same as intent: an elbow hit to a woman’s chest does not by itself show the intent to outrage modesty needed for an offence under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, the Kerala High Court has held. Kochi: Setting aside a conviction under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code […]
A Delhi court has granted Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh more time to respond to the appeal filed by four women wrestlers against his acquittal in a sexual harassment case, and has listed the matter next on October 28. New Delhi: A Delhi court at the Rouse Avenue Courts on Friday granted time to former Wrestling […]
Dismissing the State’s appeal and confirming an SC/ST Act acquittal, the Gujarat High Court held that the prosecution had not proved that the alleged caste-based insult was uttered in a place within public view, and that the eyewitness and the medical evidence did not support its case. Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court has upheld the […]
The Patna High Court acquitted three men sentenced to life for a 2005 murder in Jamui, holding that the injuries recorded in the post-mortem did not match the weapon and body part named in the FIR, the weapons were never seized, no blood or site plan supported the place of occurrence, and the prosecution’s case rested on the word of the informant alone.
The Patna High Court acquitted a man sentenced to life for the 2005 murder of a boy in Khagaria, holding that the FIR was lodged after the body was found and named no one, the claimed eyewitnesses were examined after delays of 12 days to nearly two months, and the Investigating Officer was never examined.
