Illegal Sand Mining – Pre-Arrest Bail – Dual Prosecution – BNS and Kerala Sand Act – Sections 303(2)/305(e) BNS and Sections 20, 23 of Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001 – Batch of pre-arrest bail applications filed by accused persons charged with illegally transporting Government-owned river sand – Central question bein...
SARFAESI Act – E-Auction Purchaser – FIR – Quashing – Petitioner purchased mortgaged property in e-auction conducted by Union Bank of India as the highest bidder — FIR lodged alleging collusion with bank officials in undervaluation of the property — valuation of property challenged before DRT, Ranchi in S.A. No. 88 of 2024, which affirmed the valuation and dismi...
Criminal Law – Rash and Negligent Driving – Acquittal – Appeal Against Acquittal – Accused alleged to have driven a truck at high speed causing it to hit an auto resulting in it falling into a gorge and causing injuries to a passenger — Trial Court acquitted the accused finding material contradictions in prosecution evidence and non-establishment of identity of the dr...
Criminal Law – Human Trafficking – Immoral Traffic – Quashing of Charge – Sections 370, 370-A(2) IPC and Sections 3, 4, 5, 7 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 – Petitioner, owner-cum-manager of a Spa at Mapusa, sought quashing of order framing charges arising from a police trap operation in which a decoy customer paid marked currency notes for massage services...
Defamation – Section 500 IPC – Online Publication – Redisplay of Defamatory Social Media Post – Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash defamation proceedings – Accused Nos. 2 to 4 (a film-sector publication and its editorial staff) redisplayed on their website highly derogatory statements originally posted by Accused No.1 on a Facebook group against the complaina...
Prevention of Corruption Act – Bribe Demand and Acceptance – Hostile Complainants – Conviction Upheld – Appellant No. 1 Prithvilal Meena, working as Assistant Engineer, JVVNL, inspected electricity meters at complainants' premises on 29.01.2016 and imposed VCR penalty of Rs. 80,000 — subsequently demanded illegal gratification for settlement — ACB trap organ...
Criminal Law – Bail – UAPA and Explosive Substances Act – Dismissal – Appellant along with co-accused Lovepreet Singh alias Labha arrested on 08.02.2025 on the basis of mobile tower dump analysis, CCTV footage and secret informers — accused allegedly threw an explosive substance on the building of Police Post, Fatehgarh Churrian Road, Amritsar on 03.02.2025 — ap...
Criminal Law – Dowry Harassment – Quashing of Proceedings – Omnibus Allegations – Section 498A IPC – FIR registered against husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law of complainant under Sections 341, 323, 498A, 34 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act – High Court quashed proceedings against sister-in-law holding allegations again...
Criminal Law – Murder – Section 302/34 IPC – Conviction Upheld – Eye-Witness Testimony – Four appellants convicted for the murder of Sita Ram Pradhan, who was shot dead at a fair price shop in the presence of P.W.1 (complainant-Gram Pradhan) and P.W.2 (a villager present for kerosene oil) on 13.07.1994 – Accused Bhullar caught the deceased and pulled him down; a...
Criminal Law – Quashing of FIR – Sections 21(1) and 21(2) of the BUDS Act - Digital Gold Business – Petitioners challenged FIR alleging that their business model involved sale of physical gold backed by bullion stored in third-party vaults and therefore did not constitute “deposit” under BUDS Act – State alleged that large sums were collected from the public thr...