Bail in Unlawful Assembly Cases: When No Specific Act is Attributed to the Accused Critical Supreme Court Principle: Mere Presence ≠ Guil...

It is the well settled law that, in order to attract the offence under Section 307 of IPC, there must be an intentional attempt to commit mu...

ROSHAN LAL Vs THE STATE OF HARYANA & ANR   2026 INSC 524, Dated: May 22, 2026 I. Why this judgment matters for Sessions Judges In day‑t...

The essential ingredient of the offence of attempt to murder is the intention to cause death. Such intention exists prior to the actual atte...

In the vast landscape of rural litigation, few scenarios are as common—or as contentious—as the "agricultural brawl." A fight brea...

 Coming back to Laxmi Narayan (supra), this Court has held that mere mention of Section 307 IPC in the FIR or the charge-sheet should not be...

“Liberty vs. Liability: When Must Courts Release the Accused on Bail in Serious Crimes?” TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.           Introduction a...

 When a court considers bail in murder cases under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) —especially after the chargesheet has been fil...

 Though the submissions made by the learned APP are in consonance with the material in the charge sheet,  still considering the fact that th...

 In the realm of criminal law, not all offenses require complete execution to warrant punishment. The concept of inchoate crimes—literally m...

 Section 511 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) serves as a general provision for punishing attempts to commit offenses, but its application is...

To begin with, it would be apposite to recount the settled proposition of law that a conviction under Section 307 of the IPC may be justifie...

  It is not the case of the accused that the offence occurred out of a sudden quarrel. It also does not appear that the blow was stuck in th...

Coming to the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of   Hari Mohan Mandal   (supra), the Court finds that the same has no...

Indeed, the manner in which both the Courts below proceeded to discharge Respondent Nos. 2 to 4 from facing the charge of Section 307 Indi...

 It is in view of all these circumstances, in my considered view when only a single blow of blunt part of a weapon has been used in infli...

  The legal issue is raised as follows : Whether a child, who has not committed heinous offence can be transferred to Children's Cour...

The act of stabbing a person with a sharp knife, which is a dangerous weapon, near his vital organs, would ordinarily lead to the death o...

 The evidence establishes that the injuries were caused by a fire-arm. The multiplicity of wounds indicates that the respondent fired at th...

There is no merit in the contention that the statement of Medical Officer that there is no danger to life unless there is dislocation or r...