Search Results for Tag : Unlawful assembly

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Karnataka HC Dismisses Petition Challenging Centre Banning PFI with Immediate Effect(01.12.2022)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition questioning notification issued by Union Ministry of Home Affairs, declaring Popular Front of India (PFI.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, PFI, Unlawful Assembly

SC: Mere Membership of Unlawful Assembly is an Offence Under UAPA(24.03.2023)

Supreme Court while overruling its 2011 judgment in Arup Bhuyan v. State of Assam (MANU/SC/0096/2011), Indra Das v. State of Assam (MANU/SC/0106/2011).....

Tags : Supreme Court, Membership, Unlawful Assembly

SC: Factum of Causing Injury Not Relevant When Accused Roped in as Member of Unlawful Assembly(06.09.2024)

Supreme Court has stated that every member of an unlawful assembly is roped in to be held guilty of the offence committed by any member of that assemb.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Unlawful Assembly, Common Object

SC: For Conviction u/s 149 IPC, Accused Must be Aware of Offence to be Committed(13.10.2023)

Supreme Court has held that to convict a person under Section 149 IPC prosecution must establish that firstly, accused shared a common object and was .....

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SC: Members of Unlawful Assembly Liable under Section 149 IPC Once Common Object is Proven(30.10.2025)

SC upheld the conviction of three individuals in a six-member group involved in a fatal assault, ruling that under Section 149 IPC, members of an unla.....

Tags : Unlawful Assembly, Conviction, Assault

SC: Once Unlawful Assembly is Proved U/S 149 IPC, Individual Role in Fatal Injury is Irrelevant(25.02.2026)

SC held that once unlawful assembly is proved, individual identification of the person causing the fatal injury is immaterial, making all members vica.....

Tags : Unlawful Assembly, Fatal Injury, Irrelevant

Judgments

Intention of members of unlawful assembly can be gathered by nature, number and location of injuries inflicted(27.01.2017)

In facts of present case, Appellant was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life for offence punishable under Section 302 of Indian Penal C.....

Tags : Conviction, Validity, Unlawful assembly

Supreme Court: Failure to Prove Specific Overt Acts of Each Unlawful Assembly Member Not Fatal(13.03.2026)

SC upheld the murder conviction and life sentences of four accused, holding that the absence of specific eyewitness evidence of who fired the fatal sh.....

Tags : Unlawful Assembly, Fatal, Prosecution

FIR need not contain an exhaustive account of the incident(04.07.2018)

The judgment and order of conviction passed by the High Court, relating to the conviction of the Appellant, is the subject matter of present appeal. B.....

Tags : Unlawful assembly, Conviction, Validity

In a crime committed by an unlawful assembly, every member of unlawful assembly would be guilty of offence, even if he himself had not done actual act(15.03.2019)

In present matter, First Information Report was lodged with Police Station, District Raipur pursuant to information received at Police Station from In.....

Tags : Unlawful assembly, Conviction, Legality

Minor variations between medical evidence and ocular evidence do not take away primacy of the latter(18.12.2019)

The State as Appellant assails the acquittal of the three Respondents by the High Court, reversing their conviction under Sections 302/149, 307/149, 1.....

Tags : Unlawful assembly, Acquittal, Legality