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Delhi High Court quotes Shakespeare, acquits convict in 2006 kidnapping, rape case
July 27, 2026 3:24 pm
While clearing a man convicted of kidnapping and raping a girl during Navratri, the Delhi High Court invoked playwright William Shakespeare's famous line from 'Romeo and Juliet' and said, "What is in a name?"
'Promise to marry amounts to rape only if false from start': Patna High Court acquits man
June 26, 2026 9:56 am
Referring extensively to Supreme Court decisions, the high court reiterated that there is a clear legal distinction between a false promise to marry and the subsequent breach of a genuine promise.
'Bad deeds' can have host of meanings: Why court acquitted 2 men sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexual assault on minor
May 28, 2026 4:29 pm
A bench of Gauhati High Court was hearing a plea filed by an accused sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for committing sexual assault on a minor child.
'Couples quarrel’: Why Gauhati High Court acquitted a man convicted of burning wife alive
May 23, 2026 10:30 am
The Gauhati High Court was hearing a plea for acquittal filed by a man accused of murdering his wife by setting her ablaze.
‘Lengthy dying declaration impossible with 96% burns’: Bombay High Court acquits man sentenced to life for wife’s 'murder'
May 11, 2026 2:37 pm
The Bombay High Court was hearing an appeal filed by a 30-year-old man challenging the life sentence awarded to him for allegedly setting his wife on fire in 2019.
Painted guilty on ‘suspicion’: Bombay High Court sets aside man’s life term over 2016 murder
April 09, 2026 6:14 pm
The Bombay High Court was hearing the appeal of a 38-year-old painter who was convicted of killing a man in 2016. The victim's mother had last seen him with the accused.
Twice acquitted, still targeted: Calcutta High Court slams BSF for ‘premeditated’ attempt to sack commandant
April 01, 2026 9:57 am
The BSF commandant’s writ petition challenged the showcause notice issued to him, dated December 31, 2020, and the termination notice, dated April 26, 2021.
May vs Must: Orissa High Court acquits 3 men in 28-year-old murder of widow, slams ‘suspicion-based' conviction
March 26, 2026 1:15 pm
Orissa High Court murder acquittal ruling: Court says suspicion cannot replace proof, sets aside conviction, citing lack of conclusive evidence beyond reasonable doubt.
‘Janam patri not proof of age’: 13 years on, Delhi High Court refuses to overturn man’s acquittal in 'rape, kidnapping' case
March 26, 2026 11:13 am
The Delhi High Court was hearing the state’s appeal against the acquittal of the man in the 2013 case involving the alleged kidnapping of a girl from Delhi to Amritsar.
'Bad marriage, alcoholism not proof enough': 9 years on, Madras High Court acquits husband over wife's murder
March 25, 2026 4:34 pm
The chain of circumstances got snapped when the prosecution failed to examine even a single witness to substantiate the last seen theory, the Madras High Court noted.
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