The Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled human teeth are not a dangerous weapon under IPC Section 324, setting aside that conviction while upholding guilt under Sections 354, 341, and 323, partly allowing the accused’s appeal.
The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) acquitted a woman earlier sentenced to life imprisonment for her husband’s murder, ruling circumstantial evidence was insufficient and rejecting the claim that marriage alone proved she was present during the incident.
The Supreme Court granted regular bail to filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and Shwetambari Bhatt in a Rs 30 crore fraud case linked to Indira Entertainment LLP, set aside the Rajasthan High Court’s denial, and referred the dispute to mediation.
The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow Bench set aside a 2006 triple-murder conviction, as Justices Rajnish Kumar and Zafeer Ahmad ruled the circumstantial evidence incomplete and unreliable. The court stressed extra-judicial confessions are weak, and recoveries cannot prove guilt reasonable doubt.
The Delhi High Court acquitted Feroz Ahmad in a 2000 robbery and shooting case, stressing that criminal law demands certainty of identity. Judges held evidence unreliable, citing poor visibility and witnesses’ eyesight, warning courts cannot punish ghosts or persons.
