sharing WhatsApp video PM Modi
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The alleged video also included audio suggesting that the two leaders were engaged in a conversation, expressing concerns that the public in both countries was dissatisfied with their leadership and sought to remove them from office.”

MP Cough Syrup Deaths Case
Case BriefsDistrict Court

The Court noted that as per the doctor’s memorandum, he received 10 % commission for prescribing the cough syrup.

Bail Denied to 68-year-old
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The act of committing sexual assault on the victim by taking advantage of her poverty and her innocence and also particular community is ruthless act.”

Advocate Accused of Rape & Human Trafficking
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Specific allegations were levied against the accused by the victim, coupled with the fact that she was dragged into human trafficking by the present applicant and other co-accused.”

NDPS case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The accused has undergone inordinate incarceration for 4 years and 3 months. Even otherwise, given the snail’s pace of the proceedings in the Trial Court, it may so happen that before the same concludes, the applicant may end up undergoing the entire sentence without being held guilty.

facilitation of rape a heinous offence
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The act committed by the accused along with another accused will remain in her life as a scar.”

Insulting National Flag
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Any person who is directly or indirectly involved in maligning the image of our country (India) and the National flag in any manner is hazardous to society, hence such persons are not liable for any sympathetic consideration.”

Sharjeel Imam
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Courts have to remain alive to both the ends of spectrum, on one hand, safeguarding the liberty of an accused, while on the other, ensuring the right of the prosecution to establish its case. The assessment of grant or refusal of bail, therefore, is also guided by a judicious balance between these two considerations, so that the enforcement of criminal law is neither diluted nor diminished.”

Criminal Law August 2025
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Covering all the important criminal law cases across various High Courts and the Supreme Court as well as the legislative updates, this roundup provides a quick summary of cases, latest legal updates in criminal law and links to other roundups.

organisation not banned under UAPA
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Karnataka High Court had granted bail to one accused after finding that he was associated with organisations not banned under UAPA; however, the 2nd accused person’s bail was rejected as he was involved with banned terror outfits.

Sushil Kumar
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The grant of bail constitutes a discretionary judicial remedy that necessitates a delicate and context-sensitive balancing of competing legal and societal interests.”

accidently granted bail
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court had granted bail to the accused whose bail had to be denied due to a typographical error.

Bail Based on Undertakings
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“No High Court or Trial Court shall pass any order granting regular bail or anticipatory bail based on an undertaking by the accused or their family members to deposit a particular amount. All such pleas shall be decided strictly on their own merits, in accordance with law.”

Criminal Law - July 2025
Legal RoundUpTopic-wise Roundup

Covering all the important criminal cases across various High Courts and the Supreme Court, this roundup provides a quick summary of cases, links to other roundups and a few top stories of the July 2025.

posts mocking PM Modi
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The themes and language used in the posts indicate inclination towards the glorification of anti-national ideology, which cannot be ignored.”

Mere issuance of summons
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In a complaint case involving accusation of a non-bailable offence, anticipatory bail is not maintainable upon the issuance of a summons, as there is no apprehension of arrest by the police without warrant.”

Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court observed that even though weapons are recovered from one of the accused, it is not the prosecution’s case that those weapons were used for any terrorist activity and/or toppling the Government.

Sambhal Violence
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The State could not place any material on record based on which the Court could infer that the Chairman prima-facie appeared to have committed the aforesaid offences.

IED Blast Case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Mere prolonged detention or socio-economic hardship cannot outweigh the serious and grave nature of allegations involving offences against national security.”

Photographs of injuries in criminal cases
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court called out the disturbing trend of extending undue benefit of deliberate procedural lapses at the initial stage of a crime.