Criminal Law – Murder – Single Blow – Eyewitness Credibility – FIR Delay – Recovery – Appellant (A2) convicted for murder on the basis of consistent ocular testimony of independent temple witnesses (PWs 8 & 9) corroborated by medical evidence establishing homicidal death from a deep penetrating stab wound – Delay in registration and forwarding of FIR h...
Criminal Law – Child Trafficking – Cancellation of Bail – Grave Offence – Modus Operandi of Organized Crime Syndicate – Bail Granted by Trial Court Set Aside – FIR revealed inter-State infant trafficking network with accused persons involved in procurement, delivery, and sale of newborns from poor families for profit – Trial Court granted bail to two accus...
Criminal Law – Cyber Fraud – Bail – Sections 66C and 66D of the Information Technology Act - Accused allegedly part of a ₹10 crore cyber-fraud syndicate using fake identities and mule bank accounts – Petitioners charged with creating forged Aadhaar and PAN cards and opening fraudulent accounts used to route cheated funds – Bank employee and landlord identified one p...
Criminal Law – Outraging Modesty – Appeal Against Acquittal – Evidence Inconclusive – Accused allegedly assaulted and outraged modesty of woman by hugging and attempting to drag her into bushes – Sole testimony of PW.1 (prosecutrix) not corroborated – Independent eyewitness PW.3 turned hostile – Delay of 36 hours in filing complaint not satisfactorily expl...
Criminal Law – Murder – Dying Declaration – Evidence of Related Witnesses – Conviction Converted – Appellants convicted for murder of informant’s father based on oral dying declarations made to PWs-1, 2, 3 and 5 – Deceased allegedly named appellants as assailants before dying – Trial court convicted under Section 302/34 IPC – High Court found n...
Negotiable Instruments – Dishonour of Cheque – Complaint by Struck-off Company – Proceedings Quashed – Complaints under Section 138 of the NI Act filed in 2020 by Raghav Aditya Chits Pvt. Ltd. after the company had already been dissolved on 08.08.2018 under Section 248(5) of the Companies Act – Court held that once a company stands struck off and dissolved, it ceases ...
Criminal Law – Quashing of FIR - Second FIR – Distinct Allegations – Petitioners sought quashing of FIR No. 230/2024 claiming it was a second FIR barred by the judgment in T.T. Antony – Earlier FIR No. 38/2021 pertained to inducement to invest in a business scheme – Present FIR concerned subsequent acts of forgery and fabrication of documents including use of fake not...
Habeas Corpus – Minor Girl – Detention in Protection Home – Validity – Detenue ‘A’ alleged to have been kidnapped by Petitioner No. 1 under Sections 363, 366, 376 IPC and POCSO Act – FIR stated her age as 14 years – School records (scholar register and transfer certificate) from Chandra Shekhar Azad Inter College recorded date of birth as 14.03.2010 ...
Preventive Detention – Drug Offender – Validity of Detention under Section 3(2) of the Telangana PD Act – Detention Upheld – Detenu booked in three NDPS cases involving seizure of ganja (2.165 kg, 1.53 kg, and 20.5 kg respectively) – Court held that repeated involvement in narcotics peddling justifies invocation of preventive detention – Held: Preventive detenti...
Criminal Law – Preparation to Commit Dacoity – Sentence Modified – Appellant convicted under Sections 399 and 402 IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act for participating in armed planning to commit dacoity near Maruti Suzuki premises – Recovery of country-made pistol from the appellant – Trial court sentenced him to 7 years imprisonment – Held: Conviction upheld, b...