Criminal Law - Bail Application - Petitioner seeks bail under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for FIR No. 417 registered under IPC Sections 302 and 34 after deletion of IPC Sections 147, 148, 149 - Petitioner implicated based on a confessional statement and not named initially in the FIR - Key witnesses, including the complainant and deceased's son, turned hostile and did not support the prosecu...
Criminal Law - Bail Application – Denial by Trial Court under UAPA for alleged ISIS involvement – Charges under IPC and UAPA, including Sections 38 and 39 – High Court grants bail, citing insufficient evidence of intent to further terrorist activities, as required under specific UAPA sections – Prosecution fails to establish required intention beyond mere possession and acc...
Anticipatory Bail – Petition for Grant – Mohammad Rayyan Ansari, the petitioner, seeks anticipatory bail concerning FIR No.143 dated 18.06.2023 under Sections 21(c), 22(c) and 25 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Munak, Karnal, Haryana, following the allegations of selling intoxicating tablets. The petitioner was implicated based on the disclosure statement of a co-accused. The learned...
Criminal Appeal – Challenge to denial of regular bail – Appellant seeks to set aside the impugned order dismissing his bail application – Arrested in a case related to a terror module planning IED Blasts – Allegations based on co-accused's disclosure statements and witness statements – Appellant's limited role as a middleman and lack of knowledge about the pur...
Criminal Bail Application – Narcotics Offences – Applicant charged under Sections 8(c), 20, 22 & 29 of the NDPS Act – Retraction of statement made under Section 67 NDPS Act – No recoveries from the Applicant – Lack of independent evidence linking the Applicant to the alleged offences – Constitutional guarantees and admissibility of confessional statements &n...
Regular Bail - Section 306 IPC - Suicide - Allegations against the petitioners of abetment to suicide - Prayer for regular bail - Compromise between petitioners and complainant - Suicide note recovered but veracity yet to be established by handwriting expert - Petitioners behind bars since February 7, 2024 - Trial yet to commence - Likelihood of complainant not supporting prosecution due to compro...
Bail Application - Regular bail sought under Section 439 Cr.P.C. in a case involving charges under Sections 302, 34 of the IPC - Custody certificate filed - FIR based on the complaint of the deceased's brother alleging assault by the petitioner and others - Complainant's statement primarily based on hearsay - Petitioner in custody since January 16, 2023 - Material witness (complainant) alr...
Bail – Grant of Bail – Conditions Imposed – Petitioner seeks bail under Section 439 CrPC in connection with FIR No. 932 dated 04.06.2023, alleging corruption and other offences – Petitioner agrees to maintain only one mobile number and contends that further pre-trial incarceration would cause irreversible injustice – State opposes bail – Court grants bail subjec...
Bail Application – Second application for regular bail – Petitioner accused of committing an offence under Section 20(b)(ii)C of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – Allegation of transporting contraband – Arrested with a significant quantity of Ganja – Search conducted between sunset and sunrise – Compliance of 2nd proviso to Section 42 of...
- Bail Application – Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) – Petitioner seeking bail under Section 439 CrPC – Criminal antecedents of the petitioner – Long pre-trial custody exceeding two years and six months – Exceptional case for bail – Conditions imposed based on Dheeraj Kumar Shukla v. The State of Uttar Pradesh [Para 5-9]
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