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P&H HC | Is there any provision of Negotiable Instruments Act that refers to any pre-condition for availing a valuable right of first appeal? HC elaborates

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Gurvinder Singh Gill, J., observed that, Right to appeal against conviction is an invaluable statutory right vested upon

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Del HC | Whether information in respect of an investigation carried out by office of DG of Income Tax (Investigation) is required to be intimated to complainant? Read HC’s view

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., while addressing the present matter, observed that, Providing information regarding an ongoing investigation to its informer

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Officers designated under Section 53 of the NDPS Act are “Police Officer” within the meaning of section 25 of the Evidence Act; SC holds in 2:1 verdict [Detailed Report]

Any confessional statement made to the Officers designated under Section 53 of the NDPS Act is inadmissible.

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Guj HC | Will the Act of demanding repayment of money bring a case within the meaning of S. 306 IPC? HC throws light on ingredients of abetment to suicide

Gujarat High Court: Gita Gopi, J., while addressing an issue with regard to abetment to suicide held that in accordance with the ingredients

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Ori HC | Provisions under Criminal Procedure Code shall have an overriding effect and shall prevail notwithstanding any provision in Pension Rules framed by State Government

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Del HC | Holistic reading of Ss. 306 and 308 CrPC reveals an “inexorable sequence” in which most mandatory step is examination of approver as a witness under S. 306 (4)

Delhi High Court: While deciding the instant matter which revolved around the interplay and interpretation of Sections 306 and 308 of the

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Kar HC | In cases of ‘exceptional circumstances’ first remand proceedings can be permitted through video conferencing

Karnataka High Court: While deciding the issue of conducting remand proceedings under Section 167 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 by use of

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SC | Contents of pen drive/memory card amount to documentary evidence

Supreme Court: A Division Bench comprising of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ. has held that the contents of a memory card

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Victim’s counsel can make up for deficiencies in the prosecution case but can’t argue the case

Supreme Court: Dealing with the question relating to the extent to which a victim’s counsel can participate in the prosecution of a

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SC does ‘temporary patchwork’ in CrPC by granting power to Magistrate order accused to give voice samples

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ, has held, “until explicit provisions are

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Gorkha Regiment personnel declined protection under Section 197(2) CrPC as acts done were not in discharge of official duty

Meghalaya High Court: Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, CJ. sitting in a criminal petition seeking to quash a case against the petitioners (army men),

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A private person has no locus to pursue an application under Section 311 CrPC  

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Ashwini Kumar Singh, J. dismissed an application filed under Section 482 CrPC against

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Retrial of order of ‘death sentence’ directed by the High Court to the trial court

Patna High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Rakesh Kumar & Arvind Srivastava JJ., while setting aside the order of death sentence,

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Section 311 CrPC empowers Court to protect a petitioner against error of improper examination-in-chief by his counsel

Manipur High Court: A criminal petition seeking to allow the petitioner to recall himself as defence witness for re-examination, was allowed by

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Arrest in violation of Section 46(4) CrPC would amount to “illegal arrest”

Bombay High Court: In a Writ Petition seeking a writ of Mandamus, the Division Bench comprising of S.J. Kathawalla and Bharti H.

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If a matter concerns life and liberty of a person, court can use its inherent powers to order quick & proper investigation

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A petition under Section 482 CrPC was filed by the petitioner  to conduct proper investigation in FIR

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Old age and no previous conviction can be grounds to reduce sentence

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Court in this case dealt with a revision petition under S. 401 CrPC challenging the judgment

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When the legislature has prescribed minimum sentence without discretion, the same cannot be reduced by the Courts

Supreme Court: Explaining the law on probation of offenders, the bench of Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy, JJ said that when the