HIGH COURT FEBRUARY 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Masaba’s Trade Mark; Sidhu Moosewala’s Murder; Amandeep Singh Batra’s petition; Human Sacrifice; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
witness depositions
‘Non-signing of witness depositions by Magistrate is fatal to prosecution case’; P&H HC acquits two teachers in assault case
Failure to abide by Section 275(4) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 alone would be sufficient to suffocate the case of the prosecution, since the same is not an inconsequential irregularity, rather it impacts the entire prosecution.
Delhi High Court sets aside conviction 19 years after the verdict over lost Trial Court’s records
The conviction and sentence awarded to a man in 2003 for culpable homicide not amounting to murder has been set aside by the Delhi High Court more than 19 years after the appeal was filed, due to the persistent inability to locate or reconstruct the trial court record.