The Supreme Court of India has upheld the conviction of a woman, Jemaben, for the murder of her niece-in-law, emphasizing that a reliable first dying declaration cannot be discarded merely because of minor inconsistencies in later statements. The ruling came in Criminal Appeal No. 1934 of 2017, where Jemaben challenged her conviction under Section 302…
The Chhattisgarh High Court, upheld the conviction of Jhaggar Singh Yadav for the abduction, sexual assault and murder of a minor girl but stopped short of confirming the death sentence the trial court had imposed. After a careful review of the evidence and recent Supreme Court guidance on capital punishment, a two-judge bench led by…
Citation : 2007 Local Law (CG) 281 In a decisive judgment, the Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld life imprisonment for a group of accused in a murder case that shook the Bastar region. The appeal stemmed from a trial conducted by the Fourth Additional Sessions Judge at Jagdalpur, where five accused were convicted under Sections…
Citation : 2007 Local Law (CG) 2 The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man found guilty of murdering his five-year-old nephew in Bastar over a superstition-driven dispute. The Division Bench led by Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha dismissed the appeal filed against the Sessions Judge’s order dated February 23,…