Articles

• Can an accused who asserts he never struck the shopkeeper argue that the Sessions Judge should have referred the jury’s guilty verdict to the Punjab and Haryana High Court because the judge’s own charge highlighted evidentiary gaps?
• Can an accused who only carried a bamboo stick successfully challenge a death sentence on the basis of insufficient evidence of common intention in a murder case?
• Can an appeal to the Punjab and Haryana High Court succeed when the trial court excluded a dying declaration on the ground that the victim’s spouse and a close relative were present and the statement was translated from his native dialect?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court quash a custody order issued after a Senior Subordinate Judge improperly lodged a criminal complaint over a forged tender bank guarantee?
• Can the accused challenge a second prosecution in the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the first trial was declared void for missing sanction?
• Can the accused challenge the joint trial of murder hurt and attempt to murder through a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the accused demonstrate that the unlawful assembly had no common object to kill and that the failure to record a statutory examination justifies setting aside the murder conviction in an appeal before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the accused obtain bail and have the conviction set aside by filing a revision petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court after the court limited its review to a charge defect in a fire setting case involving a disputed shed?
• Can the accused obtain relief through a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the ground that the appellate court erred in applying the sudden fight exception?
• Can the accused obtain relief through a revision petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court by challenging the admissibility of the statement that led to the jewellery discovery and the validity of the appeal certificate?