Case brief index
Criminal Law
61 cases organised by topic.
CONCEPTS
FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
COMPLICITY AND JOINT LIABILITY
- Barendra Kumar Ghosh v. King-Emperor, AIR 1925 PC 1
- Mahbub Shah v. King-Emperor, AIR 1945 PC 118
- Priya Patel v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2006) 6 SCC 263
- K.C. Mathew v. State of Travancore-Cochin, AIR 1956 SC 241
- Pandurang, Tukia and Bhillia v. State of Hyderabad, AIR 1955 SC 216
- Masalti v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1965 SC 202
INCHOATE OFFENCES
- Emperor v. Asgar Ali Pradhania, AIR 1933 Cal 893
- State of Maharashtra v. Mohd. Yakub, (1980) 3 SCC 57
- Abhayanand Mishra v. State of Bihar, AIR 1961 SC 1698
- R v. Robinson, [1915] 2 KB 342
- R v. Shivpuri, [1987] AC 1
- Malkiat Singh v. State of Punjab, (1969) 1 SCC 157
- Om Prakash v. State of Punjab, AIR 1961 SC 1782
GENERAL EXCEPTIONS
- Vishwanath v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1960 SC 67
- R v. Dudley and Stephens, (1884) 14 QBD 273
- Basdev v. State of Pepsu, AIR 1956 SC 488
- Amjad Khan v. State, AIR 1952 SC 165
- Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj and Another v. Kanwar Pal Singh Gill and Another, AIR 1996 SC 309
- Dahyabhai Chhaganbhai Thakkar v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1964 SC 1563
- Darshan Singh v. State of Punjab, (2010) 2 SCC 333
OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY
- Pyare Lal Bhargava v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1963 SC 1094
- K.N. Mehra v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1957 SC 369
- R.K. Dalmia v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1962 SC 1821
- Velji Raghavji Patel v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1965 SC 1433
- Hridaya Ranjan Prasad Verma v. State of Bihar, (2000) 4 SCC 168
- Mahadeo Prasad v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1954 SC 724
OFFENCES AGAINST THE HUMAN BODY
- Reg. v. Govinda, (1876) ILR 1 Bom 342
- State of Andhra Pradesh v. Rayavarapu Punnayya, (1976) 4 SCC 382
- Virsa Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1958 SC 465
- Gudar Dusadh v. State of Bihar, AIR 1972 SC 952
- Emperor v. Mt. Dhirajia, AIR 1940 All 486
- Gyarsibai v. State, AIR 1953 MB 61; 1953 Cri LJ 588
- In re Sreerangayee, (1973) 1 MLJ 231
- Cherubin Gregory v. State of Bihar, AIR 1964 SC 205
- K.M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1962 SC 605
- B.D. Khunte v. Union of India, (2015) 1 SCC 286
- Muthu v. State, (2009) 17 SCC 433; (2007) 12 SCALE 795
- R v. Ahluwalia, (1993) 96 Cr App R 133
- S. Varadarajan v. State of Madras, AIR 1965 SC 942
- Dr. Suresh Gupta v. Government of NCT of Delhi, (2004) 6 SCC 422
- Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab, (2005) 6 SCC 1
OFFENCES AGAINST MARRIAGE: ADULTERY
SEXUAL OFFENCES AND CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS
- Rao Harnarain Singh Sheoji Singh and Others v. State, AIR 1958 P&H 123
- Tukaram v. State of Maharashtra, (1979) 2 SCC 143
- State of Punjab v. Gurmit Singh, (1996) 2 SCC 384
- Mahmood Farooqui v. State (Government of NCT of Delhi), 243 (2017) DLT 310
- Independent Thought v. Union of India, (2017) 10 SCC 800
- Attorney General for India v. Satish, (2022) 5 SCC 545
- Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation, (2014) 1 SCC 1
- Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India, (2018) 10 SCC 1