Chhattisgarh HC acquits two men in a 2019 murder case, ruling that suspicion and incomplete circumstantial evidence cannot sustain conviction.

Editor High Courts August 20, 2026

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News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 424 August 5, 2026 : The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur has acquitted Kaushal @ Deepak Nirmalkar and Lokesh Shori @ Loku in a 2019 murder case, holding that the prosecution failed to establish Read more…

Chhattisgarh HC upheld a former Patwari’s bribery conviction but reduced his sentence citing age and the 23-year delay in the case.

Editor High Courts August 18, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 421 August 17, 2026 : The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur has upheld the conviction of a former Patwari in a 23-year-old bribery case, holding that the prosecution successfully established the demand and acceptance Read more…

Section 27 Evidence Act: No “Rediscovery” of Facts; SC Acquits Accused, Says Last-Seen Theory Alone Insufficient

Team Law Notify Supreme Court April 27, 2026

April 27, 2026 : The Supreme Court of India set aside the conviction of two accused in a murder case, holding that under Indian Evidence Act, 1872, a fact once discovered at the instance of one accused cannot be rediscovered Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court upholds life sentence of 78 year old man for murdering daughter in law and staging suicide in Kabeerdham

Team Law Notify High Courts February 13, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 139 | 2026:CGHC:3789-DB January 22, 2026 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the life sentence of a 78 year old man convicted of murdering his daughter in law and staging her death as Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court acquits two men in a 2013 railway track death case, citing failure to prove homicidal death and gaps in circumstantial evidence

Team Law Notify High Courts January 14, 2026

Bilaspur, January 14, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur has acquitted two men who were earlier convicted for the alleged murder of a young woman whose body was found on a railway track in 2013, holding that Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court dismisses State appeal, upholds acquittal in alleged witchcraft-related murder citing lack of evidence

Team Law Notify High Courts January 13, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 95 | 2026:CGHC:1838-DB January 13, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has dismissed an appeal filed by the State government challenging the acquittal of three family members accused of murdering a man over Read more…

The Chhattisgarh High Court has acquitted two men sentenced to life for a 2011 acid attack, citing a lack of motive and an incomplete chain of evidence

Team Law Notify High Courts January 8, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 19 Bilaspur, 07 January 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has overturned the conviction of two men previously sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2011 acid attack that resulted in the death of Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court dismisses appeal and upholds life sentences in a Bemetara murder case, affirming a complete chain of circumstantial evidence

Team Law Notify High Courts June 30, 2025

News Citation : 2025 LN (HC) 2 Bilaspur, June 30, 2025 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has upheld the life sentences awarded to two young men convicted for a brutal murder in Bemetara district, dismissing their criminal appeal and Read more…

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