criminal antecedents

J&K High Court PSA Detention
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court set aside a preventive detention order holding that the petitioner’s alleged criminal antecedents, arising from incidents confined to personal enmity, did not pose a threat to public order. It reiterated that preventive detention cannot be invoked merely because a person is accused in multiple criminal cases, particularly where the alleged acts concern individual disputes and do not disturb the normal flow of community life.

doctors assault case
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court held that High Court had failed to adequately consider the gravity of the allegations, criminal antecedents, apprehension of witness intimidation, influence of the principal accused and the wider impact upon the medical fraternity.

pre-arrest bail to media editor
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The High Court denied pre-arrest bail to a media editor accused of falsely alleging that a Minister attempted to bribe him, holding that the materials on record did not warrant the exceptional remedy of pre-arrest bail.

Anticipatory bail to man impersonating judge
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court expressed surprise that, despite the repeated dismissal of the accused’s anticipatory bail applications, including by the Supreme Court, the local police appeared to have taken no steps to arrest him. The Court observed that such inaction conveyed an impression that the accused was being helped and that “there is something more that meets the eye”.

criminal antecedents in bail cases
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court set aside bail granted to 3 accused in a hospital murder case, holding that the High Court failed to consider their specific roles and serious criminal antecedents. The Court reiterated that custody period and delay in trial cannot alone justify bail in heinous offences involving armed mob violence.

Bail in NDPS Case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court found that the present matter is not one where wholly illicit pharmaceutical drug had been recovered from a person lacking lawful authority to possess them.

2004 murder case bail
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Court cites violation of speedy trial rights under Article 21, hostile witnesses, and prolonged delay in concluding prosecution evidence as reasons for granting bail

denial of anticipatory bail multiple FIRs
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Supreme Court set aside the impugned order granting anticipatory bail to the accused.”

Anticipatory bail in child trafficking case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Custodial interrogation of the accused/applicant is necessary in order to unearth if more children in similar fashion have been trafficked by the accused/applicant for being used in commission of crimes.”

criminal antecedents in bail matters
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The criminal antecedents of an accused cannot be brushed lightly as it has got definite impact on the society.”

Metro Cable Theft
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The offence alleged to have been committed by the applicant herein has multifarious effects on the Society at large, more so, since the applicant has put the life and limb of one and all in utter danger.”

suppression of criminal antecedents by election candidate
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Non-furnishing information pertaining to criminal antecedents has the effect of causing undue influence which creates an impediment in the free exercise of electoral right by a voter.

detention on presumption of heroin in blood
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In the present case, Additional Advocate General contended that the police had taken the blood samples of the petitioner and the co-accused and had sent them to FSL for analysis, the result of which was still awaited.”

disclosure of criminal antecedents
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court stated that while considering the bail applications, accounting for the criminal antecedents of the accused has been a subject matter of concern for the courts across the country.

Madhya Pradesh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In a democratic country, protestors can protest but they cannot disturb the protocol of Prime Minister and Vice President;” State argued.

Tahir Hussain
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Tahir Hussain, who was formerly a member of Aam Aadmi Party, has been in custody in connection with 2020 Delhi Riots cases, murder and offences under PMLA.

Telangana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Petitioner was directed to ensure that the persons with criminal antecedents did not participate in the Hanuman Vijaya Yatra.

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court highlighted the commitment to upholding the principles of juvenile justice and protecting individuals from undue repercussions for offenses committed during their minority.

karnataka high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is pertinent to note that the law relating to disclosure of criminal antecedents of the candidates in the Electoral fray has further marched from April to May and now to the June of life”.

disposal of criminal cases against MPs and MLAs
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The figures show that there are as many as 5,175 subject cases against elected MPs/MLAs pending as of November, 2022. Of these, cases that are pending for more than 5 years are as many as 2,116, which figure is more than 40% of such pendency.