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Bombay High Court
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The convict, his wife, and sister-in-law had attempted to convince and pressurise the victim and her mother to not lodge a complaint and get an abortion.

Kerala High Court
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Walayar rape death case was a seven-year-old case relating to the rape and alleged murder of two minor sisters at Walayar

Chhattisgarh High Court
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“There can be no disagreement on the issue that dignity and fair treatment is not only available to a living man but also to his dead body and every dead body is entitled to a respectful treatment.”

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Rajasthan High Court
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The Court asserted that Judicial discipline requires coordinate benches to follow earlier decisions or refer the matter to a larger bench if there is disagreement.

Kerala High Court
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“Based on the statement of a lady, that also after 17 years, the present case is registered. It is true that the investigation is going on. But, everybody must remember that the pride and dignity is not only to woman, but to men also.”

anticipatory bail in POCSO
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Nearly two years had passed since the FIR was lodged, yet no progress was made in the case. The Court noted that the accused had cooperated with the investigation and that the chargesheet was yet to be filed.

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Top criminal cases on quashing of proceedings, arrest, bail, acquittal, and more.

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Allahabad High Court
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“The medical evidence on record does not support the allegation made by prosecutrix and there is no other corroboration of the version of the victim.”

civil relationship
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The Court further observed that there is a worrying trend that consensual relationships going on for prolonged period, upon turning sour, have been sought to be criminalised by invoking criminal jurisprudence.

Bombay High Court
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If the criminal procedures are continued in the present case, it is not likely to result in conviction and will amount to abuse of process of law.

Malayalam actor Siddique rape case
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The complaint alleging that the actor committed a rape in 2016, came in the wake of revelations made in Justice K. Hema Report detailing several instances of sexual abuse in the Malayalam film industry.

Kerala High Court
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“We are aware of the seriousness of the allegations made by the Petitioners in their complaint, however, this appeal raises broader issues that relate to the exercise of independent jurisdiction by the Magistrate.”

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Gujarat High Court
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The Court is conscious of the fact that though the pregnancy of the minor rape victim is of 24 weeks and 05 days, the risk associated with the termination of pregnancy is not higher than the risk of delivery at full term of pregnancy at the tender age of 16.

Allahabad High Court
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The Trial Court has not recorded any finding as to how the present case is ‘rarest of the rare case’ even though the accused has committed the gravest offence.

Kerala High Court
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Kerala High Court said that there was no undue delay in filing the FIR, as the relationship was predicated on the promise of marriage

Himachal Pradesh High Court
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No doubt, offence alleged to have been committed by the petitioner-accused is of heinous nature, but guilt, if any, of the petitioner is yet to be established on record by leading cogent and convincing evidence.