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LOK 2026 (10) SC 250 · Supreme Court of India
The direction exceeded the High Court’s jurisdiction under Section 438 and deprived the trial court of discretion to decide regular bail on its merits. The Supreme Court set aside the direction and the consequential bail order. Rejection of anticipatory bail stood confirmed. The respondents were…
LOK 2026 (10) SC 261 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1150
Having directed time-bound completion of trial on a bail plea, and the accused having been acquitted, whether the manner of investigation and prosecution that kept him in custody for six years calls for comment and reparation. [Paras 1–3, 14–15]
LOK 2026 (10) SC 263 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1164
Quashing a rape and SC/ST (PoA) Act case on mere compromise under inherent powers is impermissible; the High Court’s quashing order was set aside and trial directed, while anticipatory bail was granted.
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 233 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 81607
Whether the Sessions Court erred in convicting the appellant under Sections 450 and 376(2) IPC, and whether the victim’s later cross-examination, retracting her complaint, required interference. [Para 8]
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 222 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 81049 : 2026 KLT OnLine 2413
Whether the Sessions Judge was right in convicting the appellant (first accused, husband of the deceased) for offences under Sections 323, 324, 325, 306, 307 and 498A IPC, and whether the verdict requires interference. [Para 8]
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 158 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 79734
The elephant, originally owned by K.V. Sadanandan, was given to the Mata Amritanandamayi Math in 1999 as a calf and renamed “Raman”. When it developed musth and caused fear among devotees, the Math gifted it back to Sadanandan by a document dated 18.02.2017 (Annexure A4),…
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 142 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 79827 : 2026 KLT OnLine 2394
The appellant/complainant challenged the acquittal of the respondents for alleged offences under Sections 11(1) and 12(b) read with Section 33 of the BIS Act, 1986. The prosecution alleged that during inspection, a roller with a spurious ISI mark and a fake ISI mark on the…
LOK 2026 (10) SC 132 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1148
The deceased was found dead in an open field next to his motorcycle. The prosecution alleged that the appellant assaulted the deceased at his residence and disposed of the body, relying primarily on circumstantial evidence including: (i) alleged WhatsApp messages exchanged between PW-5 and PW-6…
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 132 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 78634
Whether the trial in a Sessions Case against co-accused (A1–A16) can be kept in abeyance pending completion of investigation and filing of a final report against other co-accused (A17–A26) accused of harboring/conspiracy. Whether recording evidence in a separate trial against main accused persons causes legal…
LOK 2026 (10) SC 85 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1099
Appellant, a Cashier-cum-Counter Clerk with Telephone Department, Aurangabad, was acquitted by the Trial Court of the charge under Section 409 IPC on the ground that the prosecution failed to prove exact amounts collected or credited, key registers were not produced, and search/seizure procedures were non-compliant.…
LOK 2026 (10) SC 71 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1114
LOK 2026 (10) SC 54 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1086
LOK 2026 (10) SC 55 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1101
LOK 2026 (10) SC 1 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1074
Evidence Law - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 161 — Circumstantial Evidence — Chain of circumstances — Standard of proof - Appeal against acquittal — Interference with acquittal — Perversity - Investigational lapses — Call Detail Record - Reliability of witnesses — Investigating…
LOK 2026 (10) SC 14 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1073 : 2026 KLT OnLine 4644
Appellant challenged a conviction and life sentence sustained by the High Court. The prosecution relied on last-seen evidence, discovery of articles and remains, forensic reports, a shawl, and the appellant’s answers under Section 313. The Supreme Court found that the chain of circumstances was incomplete.
LOK 2026 (10) SC 15 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1081
LOK 2026 (9) SC 305 · Supreme Court of India
High Court while rejecting anticipatory bail observed that custodial interrogation of the applicant and all other suspects was imperative to unearth the truth. Held: It is not for the High Court to suggest any form of interrogation of an accused, which should be best left…
LOK 2026 (9) SC 292 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1115
LOK 2026 (9) Ker. 294 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 75844
The accused raised a plea under Section 368 BNSS claiming incapability of entering upon his defence due to intellectual disability (low IQ / sub-average intelligence). Upon enquiry, both the Psychiatrist and the Medical Board opined that despite the presence of intellectual developmental impairment, the accused…
LOK 2026 (9) SC 251 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1054
Criminal appeal against conviction for rape. Although the appellant was initially acquitted of kidnapping charges because the court determined the complainant was a consenting adult, he had been sentenced to ten years of imprisonment for sexual assault. Upon review, the Supreme Court identified significant contradictions…