Criminal Law - Challenge Rejection of Sanction for Prosecution – Scope of Section 197 CrPC – Requirement of Sanction – Dismissal Upheld - Petitioner, a police officer, sought protection under Section 197 CrPC contending that criminal prosecution without prior sanction was impermissible – Court held that sanction protection is available only for acts reasonably connected wit...
Criminal Law - Murder – Intentional Use of Tractor as Weapon – Conviction Upheld – The appellant Dheer Singh was convicted for murdering his uncle Mangat by deliberately running over him with a tractor after a prior altercation over a property passage – The incident occurred while the deceased and the complainant were en route to lodge an FIR about an earlier assault ...
Criminal Law – Quashing of Cognizance - Custodial Violence Allegation – Police Officers Summoned – Cognizance Quashed - Petitioners, senior police officers, challenged summoning order in a complaint case alleging police excess during a bandh protest in 2014 – Held: Proceedings initiated after an unexplained delay of 10 years, during Model Code of Conduct, are manifestly mal...
Criminal Law – Quashing - Money Laundering – Predicate Offence Quashed – PMLA Case to Proceed – Petition to quash proceedings under PMLA rejected – Telangana High Court held that quashing of predicate offence against one accused does not terminate PMLA proceedings if the offence still exists against others – PMLA is a standalone offence focused on proceeds of ...
Criminal Law – Rape – Kidnapping – Appeal Against Acquittal - Appreciation of Evidence – Statement of Prosecutrix – Material Contradictions – Acquittal Upheld – The prosecution case was based primarily on the testimony of the prosecutrix – Contradictions in her statements regarding date and place of rape undermined credibility – The prosecutrix...
Criminal Law - SARFAESI Act - Quashing of Criminal Proceedings – Lack of Prima Facie Role – Criminal Process Misused – Allegations Baseless – Appellant held not to be involved in the auction process or issuance of sale certificate under SARFAESI Act – At relevant time, he was not the authorized officer under Rule 2(a) of the Enforcement Rules – Held: Criminal pr...
Criminal Law - Cruelty to Woman – Section 498A IPC – Conviction Maintained – Appellants convicted for mentally and physically abusing deceased, who later self-immolated – Dying declaration ruled out dowry angle but confirmed cruelty – Conviction upheld by Supreme Court as based on concurrent findings of fact by Sessions Court and High Court [Paras 2–6].
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Criminal Law – Economic Offence – Bail in ₹24.74 Crore - Misappropriation Case – Petitioners accused of misappropriating funds from a co-operative society in conspiracy with staff – Allegations relate to period 2021–2024 – Petitioners are Grama Panchayat and District Panchayat members – Held: Despite gravity, bail granted due to absence of custodial inte...
Criminal Law - Framing of Charges – Abetment of Suicide – Ingredients Not Made Out – Charges Quashed – The petitioner, a constable, was accused of abetting his wife's suicide by poisoning – Court found no specific evidence of dowry demand or cruelty – Multiple statements revealed only ordinary domestic discord, not instigation or cruelty sufficient to frame ...
Criminal Law - Quashing of Criminal Proceedings – Section 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - Lack of Prima Facie Evidence – Case based on CDRs and Transcripts – Quashing Allowed - The petitioners challenged the FIR, charge sheet, and summoning order alleging conspiracy and illegal gratification to obtain a loan from Sy...