A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has cautioned a jail warden after viewing CCTV footage of a June 26 incident in which he hit inmates with a stick, holding that beating inmates after the situation was under control was unnecessary and impermissible, and directed medical care for an appellant in the case who could not afford surgery for a fracture.
The Supreme Court declined to restore a murder conviction in an Andhra Pradesh feud killing but faulted the High Court for altering it to culpable homicide on “surmises and conjectures.” New Delhi: The Supreme Court has declined to restore a murder conviction in a decades-old Andhra Pradesh feud killing, but in doing so faulted the […]
The Patna High Court quashed a photo studio owner’s conviction for attempted rape, holding that the allegations constituted outraging modesty but did not satisfy the legal ingredients of attempt to rape. The Court cited absence of medical evidence and any unequivocal overt act establishing attempted rape.
