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CRIMINAL - Injury on Vital Part Not Essential Ingredient of Section 307 IPC: SC(20.02.2019)

Supreme Court has held that there is no requirement for injury to be on vital part of body, merely causing 'hurt' is sufficient to attract Section 307.....

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Rajasthan HC: Single Blunt Blow Causing Grievous Injury is Not Attempt to Murder Without Intent(21.01.2026)

Rajasthan High Court ruled that a single blunt blow to the head causing grievous injury does not amount to attempt to murder unless repeated, forceful.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC: Parties Want to Live In Peace Not Enough for Compounding of Heinous Offence(04.04.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that heinous offences such as attempt to murder punishable under section 307 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 is .....

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Gujarat HC: Firing in Air at a Wedding Without Intent to Harm Does Not Amount to Attempt to Murder(28.04.2026)

Gujarat High Court held that firing in the air during a wedding without intent to injure does not constitute attempt to murder under Section 307 IPC. .....

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Madras HC Accepts Compromise in Attempt to Murder Case(30.11.2015)

Madras HC has accepted compromise reached between complainant and accused in attempt to murder case, stating that “No useful purpose would be served i.....

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Delhi High Court Refuses to Quash FIR For Offence of Attempt to Murder(22.09.2021)

Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered for an offence under 307 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code 1860, observing that an offence of At.....

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SC: Severity of Injury Alone Cannot Prove Attempt to Murder Without Intent to Cause Death(26.05.2026)

Supreme Court observed that a conviction for attempt to murder cannot be sustained solely on the seriousness of the victim’s injuries unless the prose.....

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Delhi HC: HIV Patient Can’t be Convicted for Attempt to Murder for Non-Consensual Intercourse(04.12.2020)

Delhi High Court has ruled that an HIV positive patient can't be convicted for an offence punishable under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 .....

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