Criminal Law - Appeal against Acquittal – Offences under Sections 336, 427, 447, 506 IPC and Section 3(v) SC/ST Act – Acquittal Affirmed – State challenged acquittal of accused for allegedly damaging construction, pelting stones, and hurling caste-based abuses – Trial Court held land was jointly owned, exclusive possession not proved, civil dispute pending, and prosecution ...
Voluntarily causing hurt – Assault on Village Revenue Officer – Conviction under Section 323 IPC upheld – Sentence of 3 months RI modified to fine only considering lapse of 16 years, no antecedents, and proportionality in sentencing – Revision partly allowed [Paras 15–26].
Criminal Law – Section 323 IPC – Assault on public servant – Accused slappe...
Essential Commodities Act – Kerosene seizure – Serious procedural lapses (no seal/label, no weighing, seizure list at PS, doubtful spot seizure) – Prosecution failed to prove case beyond reasonable doubt – Conviction set aside – Appeal allowed [Paras 7–13].
ECA – Contravention of Control Order – Proof standards – Failure to affix seal/label ...
Application 156(3) CrPC against singer – Registration of FIR - Lack of jurisdiction and absence of material details – Revisional application dismissed.
Hate Speech – Application under Section 156(3) CrPC – Registration of FIR - Offences under Sections 153, 153A, 295A, 298 IPC – Petition Dismissed – Petitioner sought FIR against singer for allegedly outraging ...
Bail – Sexual Assault, Extortion, and Cheating – Sections 318(4), 351(3) BNS, read with Sections 480 & 483 BNSS – Bail Granted – Petitioner accused of fraudulently collecting money, drugging, sexually assaulting complainant, extorting funds, and threatening with photographs – Delay of 14 months in lodging FIR, existence of live-in relationship, and counter-complai...
Criminal Law – Withdrawal of prosecution – Section 321 CrPC – Application moved in National Lok Adalat without hearing victim and without independent application of mind – Public Prosecutor acted mechanically on government order – Court consented without scrutiny – Orders illegal and irregular – Quashed – Trial restored [Paras 8–13, 28&nd...
Legality And Propriety Of Two Suo Motu Orders - Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act – Externment Order – Lack of Jurisdiction and Procedural Safeguards – Externment order passed suo motu by Sessions Judge under Section 10 of the SC/ST Act against the PSO and others without police report or material indicating the area as a Scheduled/Tribal Area – Held: The externment ...
Quick Capsule – Essential Commodities Act – Wheat hoarding – Recovery from shop doubtful, seizure memo silent on place, no independent witnesses – Defence evidence of farmers storing wheat outside shop credible – Presumption under Section 10-C rebutted – Conviction set aside – Appeal allowed [Paras 14–28].
ECA – Licensing restriction –...
Muddamal—Release of Seized Cash—Section 451 CrPC—High Court erred in directing interim release of ₹50 lakhs to a single claimant without conclusive ownership proof—Courts below rightly held ownership disputed among several victims—SC restores Magistrate and Sessions Court orders—Appeal allowed [Paras 10–12].
Muddamal Release – Section 451 CrPC &...
POCSO Conviction – Interpretation of Penetrative Sexual Assault – Section 6 POCSO – Conviction Modified – Appellant was convicted under Section 376AB IPC and Section 6 POCSO for allegedly touching private parts of child – Medical evidence and victim’s consistent statements showed no penetration – Held: Offence does not meet threshold for penetrative sexual...