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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashed convictions for housebreaking and stealing, and set aside prison sentences for failure to prove the case.
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal against a conviction for unnatural offence, finding reasonable doubt from evidentiary gaps, contradictions, and an unconsidered defence.
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against a conviction for causing grievous harm, holding that the evidence was sufficient and the sentence stood.
The Court of Appeal upheld a rape conviction, finding proof of the victim’s age, penetration, and identification, and held that no parade was needed.
The court found that the victim had sufficient opportunity to observe and identify the appellant, minor contradictions and variances in evidence did not go to the root of the case, the identification parade was not prejudicial, the prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt, and the trial court's failure to consider the defence was cured by the appellate court's own evaluation. The conviction and sentence were upheld.
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The conviction was quashed because prosecution witnesses and documentary evidence were not credible, material witnesses were not called, and the charge was not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
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Conviction was unsustainable due to material irregularities: improper admission of retracted confession without inquiry, absence of certificate of seizure, and failure to consider defence.
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The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against conviction for unlawful possession of government trophies, finding no merit in complaints about witnesses, exhibits, jurisdiction, or defence.
The court held that the victim's age was sufficiently proved, there was no material contradiction in the prosecution evidence, the victim's detailed testimony and medical evidence established penetration, exclusion of some evidence did not undermine the prosecution case, the defence was considered and found unpersuasive, and the absence of bruises in the PF3 did not negate the offence of rape. The conviction and sentence were upheld.
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The trial court's failure to consider the defence case and the High Court's failure to correct this error constitute procedural irregularity, vitiating the conviction and sentence.
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