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

Justice Ramesh Sinha, CJ and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal _ LawNotify

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 High Court Converts Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide, Reduces Sentence in Umesh Rathiya Killing Case

Editor High Courts June 16, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 377 June 15, 2026 : In a significant ruling on the distinction between murder and culpable homicide under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Chhattisgarh High Court has altered the conviction of a man Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Life Term: Dying Declaration Sufficient for Conviction

Team Law Notify High Courts April 8, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 236 | 2026:CGHC:15519-DB April 6, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has reaffirmed the life imprisonment sentence for a man convicted of the brutal murder of his wife, ruling that a credible dying Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court sets aside life term, converts murder conviction to grievous hurt in 2017 boundary dispute death case

Team Law Notify High Courts February 13, 2026

Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal | Justice Arvind Kumar Verma

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 150 | 2026:CGHC:5212-DB January 30, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has modified the conviction of two men sentenced to life imprisonment in a 2017 murder case, holding that the evidence did not Read more…

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

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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 a woman convicted of killing her two sons, ruling that a surviving accused’s statement is not a valid dying declaration

Team Law Notify High Courts February 4, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 89 | 2026:CGHC:6222-DB February 04, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has set aside the conviction of a woman who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the deaths of her two minor Read more…

Supreme Court: Lack of Motive Not Fatal Where Credible Dying Declaration Exists; Acquittal Set Aside in Wife Burning Case

Team Law Notify Supreme Court January 17, 2026

News Delhi : The Supreme Court of India has held that the absence of strong proof of motive does not weaken the prosecution case when there is direct and reliable evidence in the form of a credible dying declaration. Setting 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

Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Radhakishan Agrawal

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 a husband and his family in a 2013 burning death case, citing lack of proof for homicidal death and possible suicide

Team Law Notify High Courts January 8, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 18 Bilaspur, 7 January 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur has overturned the conviction of a husband and two family members previously found guilty of murder and destruction of evidence. The Read more…

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