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POCSO Conviction Can Be Based On Sole Testimony Of Victim If Reliable And Trustworthy: SC
Ganesan vs State Represented by its Inspector of Police there can be a conviction based on the sole testimony of the sexual assault victim if she is found to be reliable and trustworthy.Hits: 11309 -
Saravanan vs. State represented by the Inspector of Police while granting default bail/statutory bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure condition of deposit of amount cannot be...Hits: 6102
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Related Witnesses Testimony, If Found Truthful, Can Be The Basis Of Conviction: SC
In a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Karulal vs Madhya Pradesh that testimony of the related witness, if found to be truthful, can be the basis of conviction. If the witnesses are...Hits: 4491 -
Miss A v/s Uttar Pradesh that filing of the charge-sheet by itself, does not entitle an accused to copies of any of the relevant documents including statement under Section 164 of the Code of...Hits: 18292
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Right Of Accused Should Not Become Illusory By Imposition Of Disproportionate Bail Conditions: SC
Parvez Noordin Lokhandwalla v/s Maharashtra manifested its genuine, grave and generous concerns for accused also who is usually condemned very soon even before the charges are actually proved...Hits: 4534 -
Dharmander Singh @ Saheb vs Delhi legislative intent and applicability of reverse burden under Section 29 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO)Hits: 6622
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Gurcharan Singh vs Punjab the ingredients of mens rea for abetment of suicide [Section 306 IPC] cannot be assumed to be ostensibly present but has to be visible and conspicuous.Hits: 9162
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Satish @ Sabbe vs Uttar Pradesh Apex Court while directing the release of two convicts on probation have observed that length of the sentence or the gravity of the original crime can't be the sole...Hits: 6108
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Anwar Ali vs Himachal Pradesh absence of motive in a case depending on circumstantial evidence is a factor that weighs in favour of the accused.Hits: 15847
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Circumstances Not Put To An Accused Under Section 313 CrPC Cannot Be Used Against Him: SC
Maheshwar Tigga vs State of Jharkhand that the circumstances not put to an accused under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure cannot be used against him and must be excluded from...Hits: 5830 -
Ashoo Surendranath Tiwari vs Deputy Superintendent Of Police, EOW, CBI held explicitly, effectively and elegantly that in a case of exoneration in departmental proceedings on merits and where the...Hits: 7784
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Kerala HC Issues General Directions For Investigation And Trial In POCSO Cases
Abhishek K.A. @ Bhanu vs. Kerala Investigating authorities and Trial Courts while dealing with POCSO crimes and cases. Justice PB Suresh Kumar who authored this latest, landmark and extremely...Hits: 6578 -
Maksud Sheikh Gaffur Sheikh vs Maharashtra the benefit under Section 436-A of CrPc can be extended to an undertrial prisoner only, not a convict who has challenged his conviction under Section 374...Hits: 9255
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Bombay HC Directs State And University To Pay Rs 5 Lakhs Each To Bhima Koregaon Accused Shoma Sen
Shoma Sen D/o Kanti Sen Vs. Maharashtra directed Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University and the State Government to pay Rs 5 lakh each to former Head of Post Graduate Department of English at Nagpur...Hits: 4157 -
XYZ v. State of Chhattisgarh the petitioner (rape victim) was entitled to compensation of Rs 7 lakhs along with interest under Section 357-A of the CrPC read with Section 33(8) of the POCSO Act....Hits: 4458
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Colonel Bhupendra Singh Kharayat v/s Madhya Pradesh A 78-year-old retired Colonel of the Indian Army being arrested and has rapped the EOW (Economic Offences Wing), Bhopal for arresting him in a...Hits: 5591
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Sunil Kumar v/s Himachal Pradesh the institution of two bail petitions arising out of the same FIR by the same petitioner. It is most heartening and refreshing to learn that the Bench of Justice...Hits: 4676
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Sami-ullah Naqashbandi V/s Sadaf Niyaz Shah held that once a Magistrate takes cognizance of an offence, he is, thereafter, precluded from ordering an investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code.Hits: 5629
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SC Orders CBI Probe In Sushant Singh Rajput Case And Holds Bihar Police FIR Valid
In a big setback to Maharashtra government which never wanted CBI probe in Sushant Singh Rajput case, the Supreme Court in this high profile case titled Rhea Chakraborty Vs. State of BiharHits: 4225 -
Savitri vs Haryana that the trial courts have no power to order a life sentence to run till natural life or to hold that no remission will be granted.Hits: 9548
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Jitesh vs. Kerala that the police officers must restrain themselves from rushing to media to reveal details about the ongoing criminal investigations and must always remember that a criminal case...Hits: 4079
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Heterogeneity Of Death Penalty And Life Imprisonment In India And Norway
It highlights the difference between constitutionally of capital punishment and life imprisonment in India and Norway. The massive difference between the two highlights that law and morality...Hits: 9406 -
Vaibhav Bhanudas Ubale v/s Maharashtra merely because the DNA report of a child born after a gang rape does not establish paternity of the accused, it does not mean that the accused can be released...Hits: 3904
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Vikram Vs Madhya Pradesh released a person who was apprehended for outraging the modesty of a woman on bail. The unique condition that was imposed for releasing him on bail was that he visits the...Hits: 5704
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Parminder Kaur @ P.P. Kaur @ Soni vs Punjab examination stage of Section 313 of the Cr. PC, then it is for the prosecution to negate such a defence plea. It was further reiterated by the top court...Hits: 6648
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Marenna @ Mareppa v. State that a victim under the SC/ST Atrocities Act includes not only the person who sustains injuries arising out of the crime but also his parents and family members. It is a...Hits: 4538
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Manu Sharma Finally Prematurely Released From Tihar Jail
serving life sentence for the sensational murder of model Jessica Lal in a city restaurant in 1999 is now out of jail after the Lieutenant Governor approved his premature release as well as 18...Hits: 5020 -
Criminalise Contractual Disputes For Imminent Settlement
S Ranjan Raju v/s. Odisha Section 439 of CrPC procedural reform of conducting mandatory preliminary inquiry before the registration of a FIR in contractual disputes and other civil cases urging...Hits: 5285 -
No Blank Cheque For Custodial Torture Or Custodial Death
most unfortunate death of a father Jayaraj and son Benicks allegedly due to severe custodial torture in a police station near Thoothukudi at Kovilpatti sub jail in Tuticorin in Tamil NaduHits: 3916 -
US Supreme Court Rules Against Absolute Immunity For President From Criminal Investigation
Donald J Trump v. Cyrus R Vance, District Attorney Of The County Of New York that a sitting President cannot evade criminal investigation. The instant case involves the first state criminal...Hits: 5085
