Criminal Law – Anticipatory Bail – Allegation of Forgery and Land Grab – Accused No. 3 sought pre-arrest protection under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in FIR No. 559 of 2025 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B, and 34 of IPC – FIR alleged that applicant conspired to execute forged conveyance deed by altering Power of Attorney an...
Criminal Law – IPC and ITPA - Child Trafficking – Minor Victim – Commercial Sexual Exploitation – Appellant convicted for keeping minor girl in rented premises for prostitution – Decoy operation by NGO workers led to rescue of minor – Testimony of minor victim (PW-13) found credible, consistent, and corroborated by witnesses PW-8, PW-11, PW-12 and seizure of con...
Criminal Law – Quashing of Complaint – Jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC – High Court quashed complaint under Section 138 N.I. Act holding that the cheque was not issued for any debt or liability – Held: The High Court exceeded its jurisdiction by examining disputed facts at pre-trial stage and conducting a roving enquiry into the existence of debt/liability – Compl...
Criminal Law – Quashing of FIR – Civil Dispute Given Criminal Colour – Appellant, a former Director of lessee company, was implicated in FIR under Sections 406 and 420 IPC for alleged non-payment of rent and unauthorised retention of leased premises – Supreme Court held that the dispute arose from breach of lease agreement and had been subject to arbitration, where an award...
Criminal Law – Quashing under Article 32 – Large-scale financial fraud allegations – OTS with banks – Petitioners voluntarily depositing entire settlement amount – State proposing full and final figure of ₹5100 crores – Consensus achieved – Held: In extraordinary and peculiar facts, upon full deposit, all FIRs, ECIRs, PMLA attachments, SFIO prosecutions,...
Criminal Law – Section 319 Cr.P.C. – Summoning of Additional Accused – Defence Pleas – Petitioner named in FIR but exonerated by Investigating Officers in multiple reports; subsequently summoned by Trial Court – Held: Contentions regarding false implication and police reports constitute defence pleas – Petitioner is at liberty to raise all such contentions durin...
Negotiable Instruments Act – Section 138 – Cheque Dishonour – Company as Drawer – Complaint under Section 138 filed against director (Appellant) without arraigning the company due to its winding up – Appellant convicted by Trial Court and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with ₹8.1 crore compensation – Appellate Court directed deposit of 20% of compen...
Criminal Law – Child Trafficking – Compliance with Directions – Victim Compensation and Education – Court reviewed the status of compliance with directions issued in the judgment dated 15.04.2025 – Held: Regarding education (Para 81h), trafficked children must be admitted to schools in accordance with the RTE Act, 2009; for children under 5, admission to be secured up...
Criminal Law – Murder Conviction – Bail – Suspension of Sentence – High Court granted bail to co-accused (father and son) convicted under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC citing delay in FIR submission and absence of original inquest report – Supreme Court held such grounds irrelevant and unsustainable – Convicts were armed and actively participated in a pr...
Criminal Law – Murder - Circumstantial Evidence – Last Seen Theory – Acquittal – Conviction based solely on “last seen together” without corroborative evidence is unsustainable – Appellant alleged to have taken deceased on motorcycle and later found to be dead – Trial Court and High Court convicted based on testimonies of PW-18 and PW-20 – Supr...