Section 401 CrPC Archives

Cheque dishonour complainant is a ‘victim’; Acquittal must be challenged by appeal, not revision: Kerala HC

“A complainant under Section 138 of the NI Act is a victim as defined in Section 2(wa) CrPC as the expression ‘victim’ includes not only the person who has suffered any loss or injury caused by reason of any act or omission for which the accused person has been charged, but also includes his or her guardian or legal heir.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Read why Allahabad HC set aside CJM’s order taking cognizance of criminal conspiracy against Development Officer and SP in Public Toilet Scam

“Merely because the accused persons were holding some office, they cannot be tried for commission of any offence without any specific allegation of commission of any act on their part make out the ingredients of the offence.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

High Court’s Revisional jurisdiction under Section 401 Cr.P.C re power to reverse acquittal. SC answers important questions

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has answered the following three important questions on the revisional jurisdiction

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Court in exercise of its powers under S. 397 CrPC cannot re-appreciate evidence and arrive at a different conclusion, even if a different view is possible from the evidence; Petition dismissed

Karnataka High Court: John Michael Cunha J., while rejecting the present criminal revision petition, elaborated on scope and ambit of Section 397