Bail to husband to support wife after child birth
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the case at hand, the petitioner’s wife had just given birth to a female child, thus, he approached the Court for bail to look after their well-being.

Sapna Choudhary Passport
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The impugned order is premised on the foundation that restrictions were placed on the rights of Sapna to travel abroad, whereas no such restrictions appeared to be placed on her, even in the bail order.”

criminal law judgments 2025
Legal RoundUpTopic-wise Roundup

Covering major criminal law updates from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this roundup offers a quick look at 2025 rulings on arrest, bail, terrorism and national Security, Hate speech, privacy, defamation, etc., and trial procedures.

bail to father repeatedly raped his minor daughter
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The conviction and sentence awarded to convict shall also remain suspended during the pendency of this appeal, since he is a Government servant and his right to earn his livelihood for survival cannot be curtailed because of implication in this case.”

Prolonged incarceration cannot entitle successive bail
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A second/successive regular bail application cannot be rejected solely on the ground of maintainability thereof, but for such petition to succeed, the petitioner is required to show some substantial change in circumstances.”

Conditional liberty over statutory restrictions
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The accused had been apprehended with pouches of MDMA, charas and ganja. The MDMA was later found to be methamphetamine by the forensic lab report.

Bhima Koregaon
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Prolonged incarceration without trial amounts to infringement of right of an accused enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.”

Trial Courts directed to avoid adjournments
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Such practice not only delays the conclusion of the trial but also adversely affects the fundamental right to speedy trial guaranteed under the Constitution.”

19-year-old restrained from using Telegram & WhatsApp
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Considering that the accused is a young man, who is at fag end of his teen age, this Court is inclined to allow the present bail application and enlarge the accused on bail.”

release of undertrial
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Once a Court grants bail to an undertrial or convict, then it is the right of that undertrial or convict to know about the bail order immediately, so that he/she does not remain confined in jail because of the laxity on the part of the judicial system, jail administration, or other instrumentality of the State.”

Criminal Law October 2025
Legal RoundUpTopic-wise Roundup

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.

POCSO conviction
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“This is not a case of insufficient evidence, but a case of no evidence at all.”

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.”