{"id":276191,"date":"2022-10-27T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T03:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=276191"},"modified":"2022-10-27T09:00:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T03:30:22","slug":"criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerala High Court permits accused to meet their lawyer on alternate days for 15 minutes in the presence of investigating officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\">&#160; &#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\"><b>Kerala High Court<\/b>: While dismissing the criminal revision petition challenging the order passed by Lower Court, Kauser Edappagath, J. held that even though the presence of an advocate during interrogation in police custody is not allowed, the accused are permitted to meet their advocates every alternate day for fifteen minutes in the presence of the investigating officer from the day of the order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">The revision petitioners were accused of offences under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561373\">120(b)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561684\">364<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561607\">302<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561485\">201<\/a> read with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561652\">34<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (&#8216;IPC&#8217;).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">In the present case, the accused persons murdered and mutilated two women as a part of ritualistic sacrifice aimed at gaining financial prosperity and thus committed the offences and were then arrested and remanded to judicial custody. Further, the investigating officer filed for police custody for 12 days which was granted after hearing both the sides in the impugned order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court viewed that the gruesome murder of two women allegedly as a part of a ritualistic sacrifice for financial gain has shocked the conscience of the people. Relying on <i>Arnesh Kumar<\/i> v. <i>State of Bihar<\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/979o0cj9\">(2014) 8 SCC 273<\/a>, the Court observed that since police detention affects individuals&#8217; liberty and freedom, the 22 specific points raised by the investigating officer seeking police custody must be thoroughly investigated, considering the peculiar nature of the case. Further, the Court observed that the Lower Court took great care and caution in authorizing detention of the accused in the impugned judgment and dismissed the revision petition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court was of the view that the person arrested has a right to meet an advocate of their choice while being interrogated, though not throughout interrogation. Therefore, the Court held that even though the presence of an advocate during interrogation in police custody is not allowed, the accused are permitted to meet their advocates every alternate day for fifteen minutes in the presence of the investigating officer from the day of the order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Muhammed Shafi v. State of Kerala, Criminal Revision Petition No. 725 of 2022 decided on 21-10-2022<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\">For Petitioner: Advocate Biju Antony Aloor;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\">Advocate K.P. Prasanth;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\">Advocate T.S. Krishnendu;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\">Advocate Archana Suresh;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\">Advocate Jinson Jacob;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\">Advocate Mohamed Ameer M.;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\">For Respondent: Director General of Prosecution T.A. Shaji.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#160; &#160; Kerala High Court: While dismissing the criminal revision petition challenging the order passed by Lower Court, Kauser Edappagath, J. held <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":269141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[29620,37912,14261,30521,52533,52534,52535],"class_list":["post-276191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-criminal-revision-petition","tag-human-sacrifice","tag-penal-code","tag-police-custody","tag-police-interrogation","tag-practices","tag-ritualistic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kerala High Court permits accused to meet their lawyer on alternate days for 15 minutes in the presence of investigating officer | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While dismissing the criminal revision petition challenging the order passed by Lower Court, Kauser Edappagath, J\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kerala High Court permits accused to meet their lawyer on alternate days for 15 minutes in the presence of investigating officer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While dismissing the criminal revision petition challenging the order passed by Lower Court, Kauser Edappagath, J\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-27T03:30:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kerla_high_court-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1331\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"888\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/\",\"name\":\"Kerala High Court permits accused to meet their lawyer on alternate days for 15 minutes in the presence of investigating officer | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kerla_high_court-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-27T03:30:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\"},\"description\":\"While dismissing the criminal revision petition challenging the order passed by Lower Court, Kauser Edappagath, J\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kerla_high_court-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kerla_high_court-2.jpg\",\"width\":1331,\"height\":888,\"caption\":\"Kerala High Court\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kerala High Court permits accused to meet their lawyer on alternate days for 15 minutes in the presence of investigating officer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kerala High Court permits accused to meet their lawyer on alternate days for 15 minutes in the presence of investigating officer | SCC Times","description":"While dismissing the criminal revision petition challenging the order passed by Lower Court, Kauser Edappagath, J","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kerala High Court permits accused to meet their lawyer on alternate days for 15 minutes in the presence of investigating officer","og_description":"While dismissing the criminal revision petition challenging the order passed by Lower Court, Kauser Edappagath, J","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2022-10-27T03:30:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1331,"height":888,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kerla_high_court-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/","name":"Kerala High Court permits accused to meet their lawyer on alternate days for 15 minutes in the presence of investigating officer | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kerla_high_court-2.jpg","datePublished":"2022-10-27T03:30:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe"},"description":"While dismissing the criminal revision petition challenging the order passed by Lower Court, Kauser Edappagath, J","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kerla_high_court-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kerla_high_court-2.jpg","width":1331,"height":888,"caption":"Kerala High Court"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/27\/criminal-revision-petition-penal-code-police-custody-human-sacrifice-ritualistic-practices-police-interrogation-police-custody-legal-updates-legal-research-legal-news\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kerala High Court permits accused to meet their lawyer on alternate days for 15 minutes in the presence of investigating officer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kerla_high_court-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":375141,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/02\/09\/public-prosecutor-cannot-seek-police-remand-without-police-request-jk-hc\/","url_meta":{"origin":276191,"position":0},"title":"Public Prosecutor has no independent authority to seek police remand in absence of investigative agency&#8217;s request: J&#038;K and Ladakh HC","author":"Sunaina","date":"February 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cWhile the co-accused were acquitted on 19-8-2013, the absconders surrendered on 25-1-2014 and were subsequently formally charged. Since the co-accused were acquitted, the impugned order merged into the final judgment, and the revision petition was rendered infructuous.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"public prosecutor cannot seek police remand","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/public-prosecutor-cannot-seek-police-remand.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/public-prosecutor-cannot-seek-police-remand.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/public-prosecutor-cannot-seek-police-remand.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/public-prosecutor-cannot-seek-police-remand.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":358971,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/04\/ker-hc-rape-allegations-false-promise-of-marriage-when-victim-married\/","url_meta":{"origin":276191,"position":1},"title":"Can Rape allegation on false promise of marriage hold when victim is already married? Inside Kerala HC order","author":"Editor","date":"September 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe prosecution could not convince the Court that the custodial interrogation of the accused was necessary but opined that he must subject himself to interrogation for the purpose of completing the investigation under a limited custody\u201d","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"False promise of marriage when victim married","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/False-promise-of-marriage-when-victim-married.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/False-promise-of-marriage-when-victim-married.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/False-promise-of-marriage-when-victim-married.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/False-promise-of-marriage-when-victim-married.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":363535,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/10\/13\/plea-of-alibi-cannot-be-considered-at-charge-sheet-stage\/","url_meta":{"origin":276191,"position":2},"title":"Plea of alibi cannot be considered at stage of filing the charge-sheet: Bombay High Court","author":"Editor","date":"October 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cFiling of charge-sheet is not an empty formality and it should contain all the details for not sending accused for trial, to enable the Magistrate to decide whether to accept the report and discharge the bonds or order further investigation or to take cognizance of the offence.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"plea of alibi cannot be considered at charge sheet stage","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/plea-of-alibi-cannot-be-considered-at-charge-sheet-stage.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/plea-of-alibi-cannot-be-considered-at-charge-sheet-stage.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/plea-of-alibi-cannot-be-considered-at-charge-sheet-stage.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/plea-of-alibi-cannot-be-considered-at-charge-sheet-stage.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":199519,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/02\/custodial-interrogation-not-required-based-on-the-nature-and-gravity-of-the-crime-kerala-hc\/","url_meta":{"origin":276191,"position":3},"title":"Custodial interrogation not required based on the \u2018nature\u2019 and \u2018gravity\u2019 of the crime: Kerala HC","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"August 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Raja Vijayaraghavan J., decided a bail application filed under Section 483 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 wherein the Court granted anticipatory bail to the applicant. As per the facts of the case, the applicant was accused under Section 34 of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":280052,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/20\/kerala-high-court-grants-anticipatory-bail-to-snake-expert-vava-suresh-accused-of-displaying-a-cobra-while-delivering-speech-at-a-college-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":276191,"position":4},"title":"Kerala High Court grants anticipatory bail to snake expert Vava Suresh accused of displaying a cobra while delivering speech at a college","author":"Editor","date":"December 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Kerala High Court granted anticipatory bail to Wildlife conservationist and snake expert Vava Suresh accused under the Wildlife Protection Act, for displaying a highly poisonous cobra while delivering his speech at a Government Medical College","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Kerala High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-310.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":374423,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/02\/02\/confession-to-police-non-existent-in-eye-of-law-acquittal-ordered-ker-hc\/","url_meta":{"origin":276191,"position":5},"title":"Confession to police\u00a0is legally\u00a0non-existent; Cannot be used against co-accused under Section 30\u00a0Evidence Act: Kerala HC orders acquittal","author":"Sunaina","date":"February 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cWhere a confessional statement is otherwise excluded or is inadmissible by virtue of Sections 25 or 26 of the Evidence Act, there can be no question of such confessional statements being made admissible against another co-accused with the help of Section 30 of the Evidence Act.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Confession to police legally non-existent -existent","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Confession-to-police-legally-non-existent-existent.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Confession-to-police-legally-non-existent-existent.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Confession-to-police-legally-non-existent-existent.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Confession-to-police-legally-non-existent-existent.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}