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"CRIMINAL LAW" Digest

Criminal Law - Criminal Contempt - Contempt of Courts Act 1971 - Section 2(c) - Scandalising the Court - Interference with administration of justice - A large group of individuals unlawfully assembled at Kiran Sankar Roy Road and blocked the entrance to the building housing advocates chambers - Protesters wrongfully restrained advocates and litigants while shouting abusive and provocative slogans ...

Criminal Law - Dowry Death - Indian Penal Code 1860 - Sections 498A and 304B - Appeal by husband against conviction for dowry death and cruelty - Incident occurred in 2000 where wife died of burn injuries - FIR registered after one month delay - Procedural complexity involving two trials from two final reports on the same FIR - Trial Court convicted appellant while acquitting fourteen other family...

Constitutional Law - Foreigner Status - Foreigners Act 1946 - Section 9 - Foreigners (Tribunals) Order 1964 - Paragraph 3 - Batch of appeals involving declarations of foreigner status rendered in ex-parte or effectively ex-parte proceedings - High Court affirmed these opinions despite procedural defaults or lack of substantive contest - Appellants grouped into categories based on non-appearance - ...

Criminal Law - Sexual Offences - Indian Penal Code 1860 - Sections 376(2) and 506 - Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 - Section 6 - Appeal against conviction for penetrative sexual assault on a minor prosecutrix - Prosecution case alleged that the appellant committed rape on his minor sister-in-law and intimidated her - Trial Court convicted based on school records showing the v...

Criminal Law - Juvenile Justice - Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 - Sections 15 - 18(3) and 19(1) - Mandatory duty of Children Court - Appellant aged sixteen and half years at the time of offence was accused of murder and other offences - Following preliminary assessment under Section 15 the Juvenile Justice Board committed the matter to the Children Court under Section...

Criminal Law - Arms Act 1959 - Sections 25-1B(a) and 26 - Conscious Possession - State challenged High Court reversal of conviction - Police recovered a country-made stein gun and extremist literature from respondent house during a raid - Respondent house owner contended that members of a banned organization forcibly took shelter for two hours and left articles behind under threat - Trial Court an...

Criminal Law - Murder and Conspiracy - Indian Penal Code 1860 - Sections 302 - 120B - 201 and 34 - Alleged conspiracy between wife and neighbor to eliminate husband - Deceased killed by smashing head with grinding stone - Trial Court convicted Accused 1 to 3 for murder and conspiracy - High Court acquitted Accused 1 of all charges and Accused 2 and 3 of murder citing broken chain of circumstantial...

Criminal Law - Bigamy with concealment - Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 495 - Appellant married respondent in 1984 under Hindu rites unaware of his prior marriage to one Manabi Roy in 1983 under the Special Marriage Act - Respondent was later dismissed from police service following departmental proceedings for bigamy - Trial Court acquitted respondent citing failure to prove first marriage via r...

Criminal Law - Kidnapping and Abduction - Indian Penal Code 1860 - Sections 361, 363 and 366 - Acquittal - State appeal against the acquittal of the respondent accused of kidnapping a minor girl with intent to compel marriage - Prosecution alleged that the accused threatened to upload victim's photographs on the internet to coerce her into joining him - Trial Court acquitted the accused after ...

Criminal Law - Dishonour of Cheque - Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 - Section 138 - Forum for Appeal - Appellant filed appeal under Section 378(4) CrPC challenging judgment dated 26.08.2025 in C.C.No.19 of 2022 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class Gannavaram acquitting accused under Section 255(1) CrPC - Appellant requested return of grounds to file before Sessions Court as per provi...