Criminal Law – Quashing under Section 482 Cr.P.C. – Scope – Appreciation of Evidence Not Permissible – Petitioner (builder/developer) entered into construction agreements for two flats with the complainant in 2006 and received total payments of Rs. 12,90,000/- but failed to hand over the flats — FIR registered under Sections 406 and 420 IPC — charge sheet filed ...
Criminal Law – Anti-Corruption – Charge Framing – Revenue Record Tampering – Further Investigation – Petitioner was posted as Naib Tehsildar, General Record Room, Jammu from 2009 to 2012 – FIR alleged that the petitioner connived with co-accused Patwari Riaz Ahmed to insert a fictitious khasra number in original revenue records to confer undue benefit upon co-ac...
Criminal Law – Acquittal – Appeal Against Acquittal – Sections 307/324/34 IPC – Appeal Dismissed – Respondents accused of assaulting PW-1 Prabhu Shyam and PW-5 Ghanshyam with knife and danda during intervening night of 17/18 October 2009 at C-10, Raghubir Nagar, Delhi, arising from refusal to provide a cigarette – FIR No. 210/2009 registered at P.S. Khyala &ndas...
Personal Liberty – Live-In Relationship – Police Protection – Right to Life – Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution – Petitioners, both married to different individuals and having children with their respective spouses, entered into a live-in relationship at Hyderabad on 25.02.2026 out of their own free will – Petitioner no. 1 alleged harassment and torture by ...
Criminal Law – Remand – Grounds of Arrest – Section 47 BNSS – Remand Order Quashed – Petitioner had earlier been set at liberty by a co-ordinate bench of this Court in Crl.P. No. 16200/2025 on the ground that grounds of arrest were not furnished to him – Co-ordinate bench had expressly directed that the prosecution may seek fresh remand only after furnishing gro...
Bail – Regular Bail – Excise Policy Irregularities – APSBCL – Large-scale irregularities in implementation of Andhra Pradesh excise policy and functioning of the Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Limited (APSBCL) during 2019–2024 alleged — Petitioner/Accused No. 1 in judicial custody for nearly one year — Charge sheet filed but cognizance not yet ...
Criminal Law – Murder – Acquittal – Sections 302 and 34 IPC – Appellants A1 (wife of the deceased) and A2 (alleged paramour) were convicted by the trial court for the murder of the deceased at Marina Beach on 30.09.2014 – A1 sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 302 r/w 34 IPC; A2 sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 302 IPC and five years RI under Sect...
NDPS Act – Sections 20, 25 and 29 – Separate Punishment – Legislation by Reference and Incorporation – Appellant convicted along with co-accused for possession and transportation of 4 kg 100 gms of commercial quantity of charas found in a vehicle — Special Judge sentenced both convicts to 12 years rigorous imprisonment under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) and 25 read with 29 o...
Criminal Law – Murder – Circumstantial Evidence – Acquittal – Appellant convicted under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Trial Court; conviction affirmed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh – Prosecution case rested entirely on circumstantial evidence: alleged last-seen testimony of Raja Ram (PW-4), recovery of blood-stained axe and clothes purs...
Criminal Law – Culpable Homicide vs. Murder – Altercation over a mobile phone – Appellant hit the deceased on the head with a lathi, causing a fatal injury – Trial Court convicted the appellant under Section 302 IPC – Appellant contended lack of premeditation and intent, seeking modification of conviction – High Court observed that the incident occurred suddenly...