The appellant accused was convicted under the Indian Penal Code Sections for kidnapping and rape as the crime happened before ...

While upholding conviction under Section 456 IPC, the court reduced the jail term to period already undergone in a 1995 case, citing 30 years without reoffending and prolonged criminal proceedings ...

A bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on January 14 said the gravity of an offence against a child cannot be judged through the conduct of a third party ...

Quashing a case against 13 men who were arrested for allegedly indulging in obscene acts with women in a flat, the Bombay HC said that such actions in pvt places are not a criminal offence Quashing a ...

The Kerala High Court, in a recent ruling, clarified that a minimum of five persons are required to attract the offence of ...

The Delhi High Court has quashed criminal defamation proceedings arising from a long-standing family property and testamentary dispute, holding that allegations made in judicial pleadings and a police ...

The Delhi High Court ruled that forcing a woman to continue a pregnancy violates her bodily integrity and mental health. The court discharged an estranged wife from a criminal case for medically ...

The Karnataka High Court has ordered that match-fixing is not a criminal offence and is not punishable under Indian Penal ...

East Khasi Hills, on Tuesday convicted one Jogitar Japang of sexual assault under the POCSO Act and the Indian Penal Code, and sentenced him to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. Japang was found ...