Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Raja Khan vs State Of Chattisgarh 2025 INSC 167 - S 27 Evidence Act - Recovery

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 24- 27 - Section 27 lifts the ban, though partially, to the admissibility of confessions. The removal of the ban is not of such an extent so as to absolutely undo the object of Section 26. As such the statement whether confessional or not

Criminal

Suresh Chandra vs State Of Uttar Pradesh 2025 INSC 156 - S 106 Evidence Act - Circumstantial Evidence

Indian Evidence Act, 1872 -Section 106 - The burden would shift upon the accused. However, for the burden to shift upon the accused, the initial burden will have to be discharged by the prosecution- In a case where around twelve persons residing along with the decease, it is necessary for

Criminal

Harjinder Singh @ Kala Vs State Of Punjab - Criminal Trial - Murder Case - Extra Judicial Confession - Motive - Circumstantial Evidence - Disclosure Statement

Criminal Trial - Extra Judicial Confession - Extra-judicial confession must be accepted with great care and caution. If found reliable and convincing, an extra-judicial confession may be used as corroboration for other evidence to record conviction of the accused. (Para 16) Criminal Trial - Murder Case - Motive - Proof

Criminal Law

Ramu Appa Mahapatar vs State Of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 147- S 24 Evidence Act -Extra Judicial Confession

Indian Evidence Act, 1872 - Section 24 - Extra Judicial Confession- Confession may be divided into two classes i.e. judicial and extra-judicial. Judicial confessions are those which are made before a magistrate or a court in the course of judicial proceedings. Extra-judicial confessions are those which are made by

Criminal Law

Y.S Nataraja Vs State Of Karnataka - Criminal Trial - Defence Counsel Suggestion

Criminal Trial - Suggestion made by the defence counsel to a witness in the cross-examination if found to be incriminating in nature, in any manner, would definitely bind the accused and the accused cannot get away on the plea that his counsel had no implied authority to make suggestions in

Criminal Law

Karan Singh vs State Of Haryana 2025 INSC 133 - S 304B IPC - S 113B Evidence Act - Dowry Death

IPC - Section 304B ; Evidence Act - Section 113B - Dowry Death

Code Of Civil Procedure

Manish Aggarwal Vs Sukhdev Singh -S 100 CPC - Second Appeal - Punjab Courts Act - S 33 Evidence Act - S 313 CrPC

Code of Civil Procedure 1908 - Section 100- Punjab Courts Act - Section 41 - In the State of Punjab, it is not necessary for the Second Appellate Court to formulate ‘substantial question of law’ before it decides a case. Nevertheless, it does not mean that the court can appreciate

Criminal Law

Mahabir Vs State Of Haryana 2025 INSC 120 - S 372 CrPC - Victims' Right To Appeal - Art.20-22 Constitution - S 145 Evidence Act - Public Prosecutors

Victims Right To Appeal - Role of Public Prosecutors

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Vinobhai vs State of Kerala 2025 INSC 119- S 27 Evidence Act - Disclosure Statement

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 27 - Disclosure Statements are not so strong a piece of evidence sufficient on its own and without anything more to bring home the charges beyond reasonable doubt. (Para 8) - Quoted from of Manoj Kumar Soni v. State of M.P. Summary: Murder

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

2025 INSC 116 Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap Vs State Of Maharashtra - Death Sentence Acquittal - S 65B Evidence Act -Extra Judicial Confession

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 65B- Certificate under Section 65-B(4) is a condition precedent to the admissibility of evidence by way of electronic record (Para 49) - Objection about Section 65-B(4) of the Indian Evidence Act, not being complied, cannot be taken at the appellate stage since

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Ivan Rathinam vs Milan Joseph 2025 INSC 115 - S 112 Evidence Act - DNA Test - S 7 Family Courts Act

Indian Evidence Act - Section 112 -Legitimacy determines paternity under Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, until the presumption is successfully rebutted by proving ‘non-access’ (Para 70) The contention that ‘paternity’ and ‘legitimacy’ are distinct or independent concepts is a misdirected notion - An ‘additional’ access or ‘multiple’

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Sadashiv Dhondiram Patil Vs State Of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 93 - S 25,27,106 Evidence Act - Motive -Village Police Patil - Extra Judicial Confession

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 106 - The prosecution has to first lay the foundational facts before it seeks to invoke Section 106 of the Evidence Act. If the prosecution has not been able to lay the foundational facts for the purpose of invoking Section 106 of the Evidence

Indian Penal Code

Vijay @ Vijayakumar vs State 2025 INSC 90 - S 300 IPC - Exception 1 - Grave and Sudden Provocation

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 300 : Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita - Section 101- Exception 1 - Before Exception 1 can be invoked, the accused must establish the following circumstances: (i) there was a provocation which was both grave and sudden; (ii) such provocation had deprived the accused of his power

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Ram Pyarey vs State Of Uttar Pradesh - 2025 INSC 71 - S 113B Evidence Act

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 113B- When the Courts below want to apply Section 113B of the Evidence Act, the condition precedent is that there has to be first some cogent evidence as regards incessant harassment. In the absence of any cogent evidence as regards harassment or abetment in

Criminal Trial

Ashok Verma vs State of Chhattisgarh 2024 INSC 1011 - Alibi - S 106 Evidence Act- Murder Cases

Criminal Trial - Alibi -Alibi means 'elsewhere'- The plea of alibi can be applied only if the ‘elsewhere place’ is far away from the place of occurrence so that it was extremely improbable or impossible for the person concerned to reach the place of occurrence and to

Death Penalty

Sambhubhai Raisangbhai Padhiyar vs State Of Gujarat 2024 INSC 987 - Death Sentence Commuted - S 106 Evidence Act - S 53A CrPC - Ss 29,30 POCSO

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 106 -If the accused is last seen with the deceased and particularly in a case of this nature when the time gap between the last seen stage and occurrence of death is so short, the accused must offer a plausible explanation as to how

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Nusrat Parween vs State Of Jharkhand 2024 INSC 955 - S 106 Evidence Act - Murder Case

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 106 - In cases based on circumstantial evidence, the accused's failure to provide a reasonable explanation as required under Section 106 of the Evidence Act can serve as an additional link in the chain of circumstantial evidence - but only if the

Section 27 Evidence Act

Wadla Bheemaraidu Vs State Of Telangana 2024 INSC 923- S 27 Evidence Act - Circumstantial Evidence

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 27 -Information under Section 27 IEA which leads to discovery of an incriminating material/evidence must be proved by the Investigating Officer as being voluntary and uninfluenced by threat, duress or coercion. The Investigating Officer is also required to prove the contents of the

Indian Penal Code

Suresh Chandra Tiwari Vs State Of Uttarakhand 2024 INSC 907 - S 27 Evidence Act - Ss 302,304 IPC

❓Whether disclosure statement is admissible in evidence if the alleged discovery was not made pursuant to that statement? Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 27 - When disclosure statement was recorded at the police station whereas recovery was made from the place pointed out by the accused enroute to the

Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Randeep Singh @ Rana Vs State Of Haryana 2024 INSC 887 - Ss 25-27 Evidence Act

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 25-27 - There is a complete prohibition on even proving such confessions made by the accused to a police officer while in custody- Such confessions are not admissible in the evidence except to the extent to which Section 27 is applicable. If such inadmissible

Indian Penal Code

Vineet @ Chottu vs State Of UP - Ss 302, 304 IPC

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 302,304 - Trial Court framed charge in the first instance for the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder even when charge sheet is filed for the offence of murder - While dismissing SLP, SC observed: how can the Trial Court frame