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Madras High Court Chilli Powder Murder Acquittal

How ‘chilli powder’ theory collapsed 14-year-old double murder conviction

June 02, 2026 2:56 pm

The Madras High Court was hearing appeals filed by four convicts challenging a 2023 judgment of a trial court in Dindigul, which had sentenced them to life imprisonment in a 2012 double murder case.

Rajasthan High Court Asaram Bapu verdict

‘Victim's voice is irrefutable’: Rajasthan High Court upholds Asaram’s life term in minor’s rape case, cancels bail

May 28, 2026 2:49 am

Upholding his life term but acquitting him of gangrape, the court held that his age and frailty ‘cannot justify ignoring the victim’s voice’.

Jharkhand High Court witchcraft brothers

‘Witchcraft’ murder: Jharkhand High Court says ‘no true story’, acquits brothers 22 years after life term award

May 17, 2026 9:54 am

Noting that the witnesses turned hostile and underlining inconsistencies in the statements of the victim’s family members, the Jharkhand High Court said the prosecution could not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

2011 Moradabad violence: 16 get life term, had attacked senior IPS officer and torched vehicles

March 28, 2026 9:48 pm

The convicts were found guilty of attempt to murder and dacoity among other charges. The violence was triggered by an alleged act of disrespect towards a religious book.

meghalaya high court woman murder conviction

A ‘confession’, life term, then freedom: 22 years after the murder of her husband and son, Meghalaya High Court acquits woman

March 20, 2026 7:45 pm

The prosecution's case rests mainly on a confession allegedly made by the accused woman herself and which was recorded by the magistrate, the Meghalaya High Court noted.

The Allahabad High Court said the medical evidence completely rules out the direct evidence of eye-witnesses which strikes at the root of the prosecution case.

38 years on, 3 life convicts freed: Allahabad High Court calls it 'blind murder', says punishment based on 'conjectures'

December 31, 2025 10:00 pm

Allahabad High Court Verdict Blind Murder Case: Justices Sanjiv Kumar and J J Munir declared the 1982 incident a 'blind murder' committed by unknown assailants pointing out that medical records completely contradicted the eyewitness testimonies.

A Delhi court said apart from the victims, acid attacks also cripples the family financially.

Acid attack case: Delhi court says 'brutal, diabolical' while awarding life term to two men who forced acid down minor's throat

December 12, 2025 5:18 pm

Delhi Acid attack case: The court said that an acid attack victim, who died 18 months after the attack, and his family suffered a deep trauma on a day-to-day basis.