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Laxman Jangde vs State of Chhattisgarh - S.376AB IPC - POCSO Act

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 376AB,354 - POCSO Act - Section 6,10- When the direct allegation is of touching the private parts of the victim and also at the same time, the accused touching his private organs, SC held conviction recorded under Section 376 AB of the

Constitutional Law

Jameela vs State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 INSC 1121 - Art.20 Constitution - S.195A IPC

Constitution of India - Article 20(1) - In this case, Section 195-A IPC was inserted by Act No.2 of 2006 with effect from 16th April, 2006. As on date of the offence, section 195-A IPC was not on the statute book - SC held: The High Court, therefore,

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Paramjeet Singh vs State of Himachal Pradesh 2025 INSC 1118 - S.420 IPC - Cheating

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 415 ,420 -For establishing the offence of cheating, the complainant is required to show that the accused had a fraudulent or dishonest intention at the time of making a promise or representation - Such a culpable intention when the promise was made cannot be

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Maniklal Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh 2025 INSC 1107 - S.307 IPC - Attempt To Murder

Apex Court Clarifies Section 307 IPC: Intention, Not Just Injury, Key; Delayed Death from Natural Complications Still Murder

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Vandana v. State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 1098 - IPC - Forgery - S.313 CrPC

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 468,471 - To attract offence of Section 468 IPC, the prosecution must establish that the accused made a false document within the meaning of Section 464 IPC -Section 471 IPC requires proof that the accused used a forged document as genuine, knowing or

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Jupally Lakshmikantha Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh 2025 INSC 1096 - IPC - Cheating - Forgery

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 415,420 -The ingredients of the offence of cheating are as follows: 1) Deception of a person by making false representation which the maker knows or has reason to believe is false and thereby 2) (a) Fraudulently or dishonestly inducing such person: (i) to

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Geeta vs State of Karnataka 2025 INSC 1089 - S.306 IPC - Abetment Of Suicide

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 306 - While allowing appeal filed by accused, SC observed: when the appellant’s family and the victim’s family had heated exchanges, there was any intention to abet or to cause any member of either family to take their own life. These quarrels

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Pradeep Kumar Kesarwani vs State of Uttar Pradesh - S.482 CrPC - Steps For Considering Quashing Petition - Rape & False Promise To Marry

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 482 : Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - Section 528 -The duty of the court in cases where an accused seeks quashing of an FIR or proceedings on the ground that such proceedings are manifestly frivolous, or vexatious, or instituted with an ulterior motive

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Rakesh Dutt Sharma vs State of Uttarakhand - IPC:BNS - Right To Private Defence

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 96-106 : Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita - Section 34-44 - When an attack is sought to be made on the accused by a person, who goes to the place of the accused, armed with a pistol and thereafter, shoots him on his head causing injury, there

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Anil Khandelwal vs Phoenix India 2025 INSC 1069 - IPC - Company - Vicarious Liability

Indian Penal Code 1860 - There is no concept of vicarious liability of the officers or directors for the offences under the IPC - before any officer of a Bank or a body corporate can be prosecuted for an offence under the IPC on the allegation of having acted on

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Bhagwati Devi v. State of Uttarakhand 2025 INSC 1051 - S. 498A IPC

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Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Devendra Kumar v. State (NCT of Delhi) 2025 INSC 1009 - S.186 IPC - S.195 CrPC

Supreme Court explains the scope of Section 195 CrPC !

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Sunil Sharma v. Hero Fincorp Limited 2025 INSC 1001 - S.405 IPC - Loan Transactions

Does Section 411 IPC apply in a case of loan transaction?

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SD. Shabuddin v. State of Telangana 2025 INSC 999 - S.411 IPC - Dishonestly Receiving Stolen Property

"In order to uphold conviction under Section 411 IPC, it is sine qua non that the property in the possession of accused is a stolen property."

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Abhinav Mohan Delkar vs State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 990 - S.306 IPC - Abetment Of Suicide - Mens Rea

Note Sign in to read our notes on this judgment. Register @ citecase.in to subscribe ! Read Judgment @ LawLens.in Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 107,306 - Even if there is allegation of constant harassment, continued over a long period; to bring in the ingredients of Section 306 read

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Gurdeep Singh vs State of Punjab 2025 INSC 957 S.319 CrPC - S.120B IPC - Hostile Witness - Sole Eyewitness Testimony - Public Functionaries

Can a person not named in the FIR or chargesheet be summoned U/S. 319 CrPC? Should the offence of criminal conspiracy need to be proved by direct evidence? Should a hostile witness’s testimony be discarded in its entirety? Can Conviction rest on the testimony of a sole eyewitness?

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Deepak Kumar Sahu vs State of Chhattisgarh 2025 INSC 929 - Rape Case - Sole Testimony Of Victim

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Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Narayan Yadav vs State of Chhattisgarh 2025 INSC 927 - Evidence Act - IPC - Confessional FIR

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - An FIR of a confessional nature made by an accused person is inadmissible in evidence against him, except to the extent that it shows he made a statement soon after the offence, thereby identifying him as the maker of the report, which is admissible as

Family Law

Anurag Vijaykumar Goel vs State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 926 -Permanent Alimony

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - SC noted that crime was registered against the appellant inter-alia under Section 498- A are common-place, banal and vague, without any specific instances mentioned and filed one year after the admitted separation of the couple- but for marital squabbles blown out of

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Shikhar Chemicals vs State Of Uttar Pradesh - S.482 CrPC - Civil Dispute - Entrustment

⚠️Supreme Court recalled some directions issued in this order. Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 482 - In cases of civil dispute a complainant cannot be permitted to resort to criminal proceedings as the same would amount to abuse of process of law. [Context: SC criticized the High Court

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Kunal Chatterjee vs State Of West Bengal - IPC - Rape - Promise To Marry

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 375,376 - Promise to marriage and the subsequent physical relationship between the two with consent would not amount to rape. [SC allowed appeal filed by accused and quashed a rape case and observed: Under the present facts and circumstances of the case and

Criminal

Shivangi Bansal vs Sahib Bansal 2025 INSC 883 - S.498A IPC Misuse Safeguards Guidelines

Shivangi Bansal vs Sahib Bansal 2025 INSC 883 - S.498A IPC Misuse Safeguards Guidelines Shivangi Bansal vs Sahib Bansal 2025 INSC 883 - S.498A IPC Misuse Safeguards Guidelines .pdf352 KBdownload-circle Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - The guidelines framed by the High Court of Allahabad with

Criminal

Gauri Mahto @ Gauri Kumar vs State Of Bihar 2025 INSC 817 - S.364A IPC

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 364A - - Referred to Shaik Ahmed Vs. State of Telangana, (2021) 9 SCC 59 - The usage of word ‘and’ after the first condition in Section 364-A, signifies that the first condition is not independent, and should not be read in seclusion or

Criminal

G.V. Adhimoolam vs Inspector Of Police 2025 INSC 681 - S.420 IPC - Cheating

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 420 - For invocation of the offence punishable under Section 420 IPC, it is imperative that the accused should have induced the victim to part with valuable security and that such inducement should at the inception been made with the intention to defraud the

Criminal

Balaji Traders vs State Of U.P 2025 INSC 806 - S.387 IPC - Extortion

💡To attract Section 387 IPC, should extortion be committed while putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt? Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 387 [Section 308(4) IPC] Nowhere does the Section say that extortion has to be committed while putting a person in fear of death