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conviction based on confessions before police

Can a Murder Conviction Be Based on Confessional Statements Under S. 164 CrPC Recorded in Presence of Police Officer? Know What Gauhati HC Said

In the present case, the Gauhati High Court examined the validity of a murder conviction based primarily on confessional statements recorded under Section 164 CrPC and alleged extra-judicial confessions.

Case Briefs High Courts

Gauhati High Court Reduces NDPS Conviction from Commercial to Intermediate Quantity Due to Lack of Proof of Joint Possession

The Court altered the conviction from Section 20(b)(ii)(C) to Section 20(b)(ii)(B), NDPS Act, after the prosecution failed to prove joint possession of the total quantity of ganja recovered under 2 seizure lists and, treating the seizures separately and below commercial quantity.

Case Briefs High Courts

Can a Railway Employee Claim HRA After Building His Own House and Vacating the Railway Quarter? Gauhati HC Explains How the Rules Work

The Court held that a railway employee is not entitled to HRA when vacant government quarters, in the entitled category, are available.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Will impose heavy cost, initiate contempt proceedings’; Gauhati HC grants last two months opportunity to State of Mizoram to set up State Human Rights Commission

The present petition is pending since 2021, and the Court observed that the State Government is not willing to set up State Human Rights Commission in State of Mizoram.