The Sentence Can Be Suspended under Section 389 CrPC, in Appeal Only If Convict Has Fair Chances of Acquittal. Also observations are made that the Appellate Court should not re-appreciate the evidence at the stage of Section 389 of the Cr.P.C. and try to pick up few lacunas or loopholes here or there in the case of the prosecution. Such would not be a correct approach.
In the case of Imran Pratapgarhi v. State of Gujarat 2025 INSC 410, the Supreme Court quashed an FIR against the appellant, a Rajya Sabha MP, for reciting and posting a poem at a public event. The FIR alleged offences under Sections 196, 197(1), 299, 302, and 57 of the Read more »
Anup Koushik Karavadi and Kanishk Tiwari Introduction The Brundtland Commission described sustainable development as a model of progress that safeguards the needs of future generations while addressing those of the present.1 This conception was never intended to become a pretext for developing economies to deplete ecological resources in pursuit of Read more »
In Vaibhav v. State of Maharashtra (2025 INSC 800), the Supreme Court acquitted a medical student of murder, finding no complete chain of circumstantial evidence to prove he fired the fatal shot. Suspicious acts like hiding clothes and cleaning the scene supported conviction under Section 201 IPC but not under Read more »
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