LATEST CRIMINAL LAW NEWS ROUND-UP – July 15, 2024

 
 
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New Delhi, July 15, 2024:The Supreme Court has modified the sentence awarded to a couple convicted of bigamy under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The apex court ordered the accused, M. Revathi and her second husband, to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months each.

 
 
 
 
 
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New Delhi, July 15, 2024: The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeals filed by the State of Punjab against the acquittal of the accused in a case concerning the murder of a woman by burning.

 
 
 
 
 
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New Delhi, July 15, 2024: The Supreme Court has set aside a Bombay High Court order thereby discharging a woman from the offence of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

 
 
 
 
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New Delhi, July 15, 2024: The Supreme Court has overturned a 2009 Karnataka High Court decision that had convicted a man for the murder of an 86-year-old woman in Mangalore in 2000.

 
 
 
 
 
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New Delhi, July 15, 2024: In a scathing judgment, the Supreme Court has acquitted four persons who were convicted by the lower courts for allegedly kidnapping a boy and demanding a ransom of Rs. 1 crore in Panchkula, Haryana in 2003, holding that the entire prosecution story was “concocted and does not inspire confidence”.

 
 
 
 
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New Delhi, July 15, 2024: The Delhi High Court has acquitted a mother-in-law and father-in-law who were convicted by a trial court for the offenses punishable under Sections 304B (dowry death) and 498A (cruelty to married woman) of the Indian Penal Code.

 
 
 
 
 
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New Delhi, July 15, 2024: In a shocking case of multiple homicides, the Delhi High Court has denied bail to a man accused of brutally murdering four members of a family in addition to his own father-in-law who was an employee of the family, at their residence in Delhi. The heinous crime, which took place on October 7, 2017, also involved a dacoity at the victims' house.

 
 
 
 
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New Delhi, July 15, 2024: The Delhi High Court has denied bail to Bibhav Kumar, the Personal Secretary to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal at the CM’s residence on May 13, 2024.

 
 
 
 







 
 
 
 
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