NDPS – Bail – Commercial Quantity – MDMA 70 gms – FSL positive – Twin conditions – Bail refused – Accused No.3 sought bail under Sec. 483 BNSS/439 CrPC for offences under Secs. 8(c), 21(c) & 22(c) NDPS – Court held seizure of 70 gms MDMA from petitioner established prima facie by mahazar and FSL report – Quantity is commercial – No gr...
Bail – Enticement Allegation – Contradictory Statement of Victim – Applicant accused under Sections 137(2) and 87 BNS for allegedly enticing informant’s daughter – Victim in statement under Section 183 BNSS stated she left home voluntarily – Charge-sheet filed, no need for further custodial interrogation – Applicant in custody since 25.09.2025 – Bail...
Criminal Law – Anticipatory Bail – Limited Role – Parity – FIR for offences under BNS, POCSO Act, and Prohibition of Child Marriage Act – Allegation against appellant limited to driving the vehicle – Other co-accused granted bail – High Court rejected anticipatory bail – Held: Appellant had no overt act vis-à-vis victim – Anticipatory ba...
Criminal Law – Cyber Fraud – Bail – Sections 66C and 66D of the Information Technology Act - Accused allegedly part of a ₹10 crore cyber-fraud syndicate using fake identities and mule bank accounts – Petitioners charged with creating forged Aadhaar and PAN cards and opening fraudulent accounts used to route cheated funds – Bank employee and landlord identified one p...
Criminal Law – Child Trafficking – Cancellation of Bail – Grave Offence – Modus Operandi of Organized Crime Syndicate – Bail Granted by Trial Court Set Aside – FIR revealed inter-State infant trafficking network with accused persons involved in procurement, delivery, and sale of newborns from poor families for profit – Trial Court granted bail to two accus...
Criminal Law – Section 21, 25, 29 of NDPS Act – Commercial Quantity – Bail Rejected – Petitioners, Nigerian nationals, arrested with 500g and 300g heroin respectively, also linked to further recovery of 4 kg of chemical substances used for drug preparation – Involvement in manufacturing process alleged – Held: Recovery falls under ‘commercial quantity&rsqu...
Criminal Law – Murder – Bail – Circumstantial Evidence – Applicant accused of murdering the deceased by beheading him and disposing of body parts in gunny bags – FIR registered under Sections 302 and 201 IPC – Application under Section 483 BNSS for regular bail – Defence contended that recovery of body was planted, CCTV footage inconclusive, and motive unp...
Criminal Law – Section 61(2) r/w 318(3), 316(5), and 112 BNS - Paper Leak – Departmental Examination – Economic Offence – CBI Investigation – Bail Granted – Delay in Trial – Procedural Irregularities – Parity with Co-Accused – Accused railway officials and candidates allegedly conspired to leak the CLI departmental examination paper in exchange...
NDPS Act – Bail – Commercial Quantity – Section 37 – Rejection of Bail – 500 grams of Mephedrone recovered from applicant’s conscious possession – Seizure made in presence of panch witnesses after informing accused of rights under Section 50 – Contraband verified and certified by Magistrate under Section 52A – Chemical Analyzer’s report c...
Anticipatory Bail – Premature Application – Customs Act, 1962, Section 108 – CrPC, Section 438 – Anticipatory Bail Rejected - Respondents summoned by Customs authorities under Section 108 to give statements – High Court held bail applications premature but directed that in case of non-bailable offence, respondents shall not be arrested without ten days’ notice &...