POCSO Act — Age Determination — Proof of Minority — Sections 27 POCSO Act, 164-A CrPC, Section 94 JJ Act, Rule 12 JJ Rules 2007 — Appellant convicted by Special Judge for offences under Section 376(2)(i)(n) and 313 IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act — Trial court held victim to be a minor relying on School Admission Register (Ext-4) and School Leaving Certificate (Ext...
Domestic Violence – Interim Maintenance – Income Concealment – Cross-petitions by husband and wife challenging appellate court's award of ₹13,000/- per month total interim maintenance under the PWDV Act – Wife alleged husband concealed true income from proprietorship business M/s Lalaji Plastic and falsely projected himself as salaried employee earning ₹12,000/- per...
Negotiable Instruments Act – Section 138 – Dishonour of Cheque – Concurrent Conviction – Accused issued cheque for Rs. 2,50,000/- towards repayment of hand loan – Cheque returned with endorsement "funds insufficient" – Statutory notice served but no reply given – Accused did not lead any defence evidence – Trial court convicted and directed...
Dowry Death — Section 319 Cr.P.C. — Summoning of Additional Accused — Unmarried Sisters of Husband — Vague Allegations — Revision Allowed — Petitioners-revisionists (petitioner nos. 3 to 5), unmarried sisters of accused Pradeep, were summoned as additional accused by the trial court in a Sessions Trial arising out of a dowry death case under Sections 498-A and 3...
Bail – Conditions – Power of Court – Scope and Limits – Section 483 BNSS – Appellants arrested in connection with FIR No. 11/2025 for offences under Sections 406, 409, 420 and 34 IPC – Remained in custody for 83 days during investigation – Sessions Court rejected bail – High Court granted bail but imposed condition directing the learned Judicial Magi...
Murder — Dying Declaration — Conviction Affirmed — Appellant convicted under Section 302 IPC by the First Additional Sessions Judge, Dabra, for setting his wife Priya Dhanuk on fire by pouring kerosene oil on her on 04.12.2013 — Deceased died on 09.12.2013 due to 90% burn injuries — Prosecution relied upon two dying declarations (Ex. P.18C recorded by Dr. Vikrant Sing...
Criminal Law – Section 311 CrPC – Power to Summon Material Witness – Quashing of Rejection Order – Petitioners accused in Session Case No. 24/2025 arising from FIR No. 243/2020 involving offences under Sections 279, 323, 308, 325, 365, 387 and 34 IPC – Trial court rejected application to summon Dr. Sanjay Shah on the ground that it is the prosecution's prerogative...
Criminal Law - Personal Liberty — Illegal Arrest — De Facto Custody — 24-Hour Mandate — Section 58 BNSS / Article 22(2) — Petition Allowed — Petitioner, a partner of pharmaceutical firm M/s Digital Vision, was allegedly involved in illegal inter-state diversion of psychotropic medicines — NCB conducted search of petitioner's premises on 31.10.2025 at a...
Criminal Law – Quashment – Section 498-A RPC – Omnibus and Vague Allegations – Matrimonial Dispute – Complainant-wife alleged mental and physical harassment, dowry demand, and illicit relations of husband with co-petitioner Arti Devi – Charges framed under Sections 498-A and 506 RPC – Held: Where allegations of cruelty, harassment, and dowry demand are who...
Criminal Law – Murder – Acquittal – Section 302 IPC – Appellant convicted by the Trial Court for allegedly pouring kerosene oil on the deceased and pushing her onto a burning stove, causing 90% burns from which she died the following morning – Conviction based on two dying declarations and circumstantial evidence, as all three purported eye witnesses turned hostile &n...