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Kerala High Court remarked that Kerala has a grim history of fireworks-related accidents
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Calcutta High Court rejects anticipatory bail in Child Marriage case; directs awareness programs by Woman and Child Department to raise awareness
Calcutta High Court emphasised on the importance of sensitization and awareness programs to prevent marriages involving minors or adults who have not attained the legal age of marriage.
‘Issuance of Rule Nisi and posting bail applications after weeks without adverting to merits be curbed immediately’; Directions in Satender Kumar Antil to be followed: Gujarat HC
“The bail applications should be disposed of within two weeks and applications for anticipatory bail are to be disposed of within six weeks”.
[Bumble Relationship] | Delhi Court grants bail to a man accused of rape under section 376 IPC
While considering the complexities introduced by dating apps like Bumble, the court balanced the need for bail with the imperative of upholding the integrity of the trial process.
Accused cannot be coerced to reveal/disclose password in regard to digital evidence while trial is ongoing: Delhi High Court
“The concerned Investigating Agency cannot expect anyone who is an accused, to sing in a tune which is music to their ears, more so, whence such an accused, is well and truly protected under Article 20(3) of the Constitution.”
Misrepresentation and Extortion in POCSO case| ‘Using name of Judges for commission of offences brings disrepute to judicial system, shakes community’s faith’; Delhi High Court denies bail
“This case and order will serve as a reminder that general public shall not believe unscrupulous persons and give them money, even if they are assured that they will get some work done from within the judicial system by such payment.”
Second bail application concealing facts leads Punjab and Haryana HC to impose 1 lakh cost on lawyer
“Exemplary costs need to be imposed so that no one could dare to take the Courts for a ride.”
Karnataka HC sets aside bail order on ground of denying informant the right to participate in proceedings
The High Court also issued directions for effective implementation of POCSO Act and amendments introduced in the CrPC in 2018 vis-à-vis notifying the informants or victims about filing of regular and anticipatory bail applications and other connected issues.
Duty of police to produce imprisoned accused before Court; accused cannot be blamed for negligence by police: Supreme Court
Supreme Court noted that the bail application was rejected as the accused did not appear before the Trial Court.
Madras HC directs Principal Sessions Court to hear V Senthil Balaji’s bail plea in money laundering case; Set aside transfer of case to MP/MLA Court
“Since the territorial jurisdiction of the present case is in Chennai only, therefore Chennai being one of the jurisdictional area under the notification issued by the Central Government, which comes under the jurisdiction of the PDSJ, Chennai, naturally the said case has to be tried in the said Court”
[Principle of Judicial Propriety] Successive bail application needs to be decided by the same Judge on merits, if available at the place of sitting: Bombay High Court
If successive bail applications on the same subject are permitted to be disposed of by different Judges, there would be conflicting orders, and the litigant would be pestering every Judge till he gets an order to his liking resulting in the credibility of the Court and judicial discipline requires that such matter must be placed before the same Judge, if he is available, for orders.
Read why Delhi High Court granted bail in 102 Kg Heroin smuggling case
The Court said that it prima facie seems that the petitioner was merely acting as a trader and was not in the conscious possession of the contraband hidden in the consignment.
Delhi High Court sets aside transit remand order; Directs adjudication of application u/S 437 CrPC
Delhi High Court noted that the Duty Magistrate has the power to decide the application under Section 437 CrPC
Delhi High Courts rejects bail plea of a teacher accused of raping student
During a certain phase when the alleged forceful sexual intercourse was committed, the student was a minor.
Police should verify pendency of bail application for interim orders before arresting a person: Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court found the instant bail application to be infructuous, since it was filed under Section 438 of CrPC, and the petitioner was already arrested.
Even slightest penetration of male organ into female parts amounts to rape; Allahabad High Court reiterates
Allahabad High Court said that any statement of a rape victim is an extremely humiliating experience for a woman, and until she is a victim of sex crime, she would not blame anyone but the real culprit.
Magisterial custody cannot be challenged by a writ of Habeas Corpus: Manipur High Court
The Manipur High Court held that where a person is taken into custody by an order of Magistrate, then such order cannot be challenged by Writ of Habeas Corpus as the detention cannot be termed as illegal.
Punjab and Haryana High Court grants bail to Punjab ex-MLA Simarjit Singh Bains in rape case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court commented that victim's silence for such a long time would dent her credibility, and such a dent would not justify any further pre-trial incarceration. Thus, the Court allowed bail application, subject to certain conditions.
Supreme Court sets aside history sheeter’s bail in an air firing and deadly assault case resulting in one death
The Supreme Court stated that the Allahabad High Court erred in granting bail to the respondent, keeping in view the nature and gravity of the offence, the relationship between the parties and the prima facie evidence on record with reference to common intention as well as antecedents of the respondent.
Confessional statements should lead to discovery of ‘fact’; Delhi High Court grants bail to the accused under the NDPS Act
None of the statements of the applicant led to any discovery of a ‘fact' in terms of Section 27 of the IEA.