Keeping Pace with Legal Change
It was decided by the Supreme Court in the case Sachin v. State of Maharashtra that an accused person cannot be made worse off for appealing a conviction that they have already been found guilty of. Increasing the severity of punishment in such appeals is a violation of both procedural fairness and natural justice, particularly when the state does not oppose the decision.
The applicability of Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code was clarified by the Supreme Court in the case of State of Himachal Pradesh vs. Shamsher Singh. The court ruled that the case does not need a grave harm in order to show intent to murder. Following the reversal of the High Court’s acquittal, the Court reinstated the conviction for attempted murder that was handed down by the trial court.
This article talks about the Supreme Court’s decision to reject the acquittal of a government official accused of bribery. The court reinstated the trial court’s conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, concentrating on the legal principles and evidence issues at hand.
This article provides an explanation of how the Supreme Court of the United States investigated contradictions in witness testimony and misuse of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in a land dispute, ultimately acquitting the accused owing to a lack of evidence.
