Published on : 16 Oct 2025, 1:23 pm 2 min read

The Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that proof of motive is not necessary to sustain a murder charge [Mohd Nawab v State NCT of Delhi] .

A Division Bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Vimal Kumar Yadav said that motive is not a necessary ingredient of an offence since most of the grievous crimes are committed out of very flimsy and frivolous considerations.

“The proof of motive is not necessary to sustain a conviction on a murder charge when there is clear evidence that the person had been done to death by the accused. In other words, when the facts establishing the charge are clear it is immaterial that the motive has not been proved. The reason is that the motive of an act may be known to the perpetrator and to

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