Illegal Sand Mining – Pre-Arrest Bail – Dual Prosecution – BNS and Kerala Sand Act – Sections 303(2)/305(e) BNS and Sections 20, 23 of Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001 – Batch of pre-arrest bail applications filed by accused persons charged with illegally transporting Government-owned river sand – Central question bein...
Criminal Law – Murder – Section 302/34 IPC – Conviction Upheld – Eye-Witness Testimony – Four appellants convicted for the murder of Sita Ram Pradhan, who was shot dead at a fair price shop in the presence of P.W.1 (complainant-Gram Pradhan) and P.W.2 (a villager present for kerosene oil) on 13.07.1994 – Accused Bhullar caught the deceased and pulled him down; a...
Criminal Law – Dowry Harassment – Quashing of Proceedings – Omnibus Allegations – Section 498A IPC – FIR registered against husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law of complainant under Sections 341, 323, 498A, 34 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act – High Court quashed proceedings against sister-in-law holding allegations again...
Criminal Law – Bail – UAPA and Explosive Substances Act – Dismissal – Appellant along with co-accused Lovepreet Singh alias Labha arrested on 08.02.2025 on the basis of mobile tower dump analysis, CCTV footage and secret informers — accused allegedly threw an explosive substance on the building of Police Post, Fatehgarh Churrian Road, Amritsar on 03.02.2025 — ap...
Defamation – Section 500 IPC – Online Publication – Redisplay of Defamatory Social Media Post – Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash defamation proceedings – Accused Nos. 2 to 4 (a film-sector publication and its editorial staff) redisplayed on their website highly derogatory statements originally posted by Accused No.1 on a Facebook group against the complaina...
SARFAESI Act – E-Auction Purchaser – FIR – Quashing – Petitioner purchased mortgaged property in e-auction conducted by Union Bank of India as the highest bidder — FIR lodged alleging collusion with bank officials in undervaluation of the property — valuation of property challenged before DRT, Ranchi in S.A. No. 88 of 2024, which affirmed the valuation and dismi...
Prevention of Corruption – Demand and Acceptance of Bribe – Conviction of Public Servant Affirmed – Appellant, Sub-Inspector of Delhi Police, demanded illegal gratification from complainant for not implicating him in criminal case under investigation – Initial demand made at police station followed by reiteration during trap proceedings at Tis Hazari Courts – Acceptan...
Criminal Law – Quashing of FIR – Sections 21(1) and 21(2) of the BUDS Act - Digital Gold Business – Petitioners challenged FIR alleging that their business model involved sale of physical gold backed by bullion stored in third-party vaults and therefore did not constitute “deposit” under BUDS Act – State alleged that large sums were collected from the public thr...
Criminal Law – Section 319 Cr.P.C. – Summoning of Additional Accused – Abetment of Suicide – Dowry Harassment – Revision Allowed – Revisionists (father-in-law and step-mother-in-law of deceased) summoned under Section 306 IPC by the trial court invoking Section 319 Cr.P.C., despite being exonerated during investigation and a closure report being filed against th...
Criminal Law – Anticipatory Bail – Murder – Common Intention – Section 103(1) and 3(5) BNS – Petitioner along with co-accused Aman Tiwari and Akhilesh allegedly forcibly shaved half the head of the deceased Manjeet Kumar, wrote humiliating words on the shaved portion with a marker pen, and pushed him from the rooftop causing his death – Petitioner contended fals...