Sessions Court Cannot Direct Life Imprisonment Till End of Natural Life or Deny Set-off Under S. 428 Cr.P.C.
Court held that the Sessions Court is not competent to direct that life imprisonment shall be till the end of ...
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NIA S. 138 – Compounding – Though the complainant has been duly compensated by the accused yet the complainant does not agree for the compounding of the offence, the courts cannot compel the complainant to give ‘consent’ for compounding of the matter – On facts – Quashed.
138 - Compounding - Though the complainant has been duly compensated by the accused yet the complainant does not agree ...
[SC] CrPC S. 167(2) – Whether accused is entitled to seek default bail under provisions of section 167(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on ground that a chargesheet filed without sanction is an incomplete chargesheet which could be termed as not in consonance with sub section (5) of section 173 of the CrPC, 1973?
2023 SCeJ 356 2023 PLRonline 0116 (SC) . SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before:- Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, CJI and Justice ...
NIA S. 138 – Conviction – courts should, unless there are special circumstances, in all cases of conviction, uniformly exercise the power to levy fine upto twice the cheque amount keeping in view the cheque amount and the simple interest thereon at nine per cent per annum [2014 PLRonline 0208 (SC)]
2014 PLRonline 0208 (SC) SUPREME COURT OF INDIA ( Before : Ranjana Prakash Desai J; N.V. Ramana J ) H. ...
Criminal Trial – Circumstantial evidence – Chain of evidence must be so complete as to not leave any reasonable grounds for a conclusion consistent with the innocence of the accused; the accused ‘must be’ and not merely ‘may be’ guilty, before the Court can convict. [2023 SCeJ 0226 = 2023 PLRonline 437602 (SC)]
Dakkata Balaram Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh., 2023 SCeJ 0226 = 2023 PLRonline 437602 (SC) Supreme Court of India ...
IPC – Grevious hurt – The injuries were not intended to cause death but were sufficient to cause grievous injury. It was not a premeditated act – The scissors used by the appellant were little scissors used by tailors. [2023 PLRonline 0100]
PANCHRAM v. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH , 2023 PLRonline 0100 IPC, S. 326, 307, 341, 506 – Grievous hurt - ...
IPC S. 149 – When five persons were specifically named in the FIR and five persons are facing the trial may be separately, Section 149 IPC would be attracted – FIR- Delay of 3 ½ days – Properly explained. [2023 SupremeCourtOnline 0009]
Surendra Singh v. State of Rajasthan & Anr., 2023 PLRonline 0009 LogIn to read Full text (click on the menu) ...
Land Acquisition Act of 1894 – Claimant is entitled to payment of interest on solatium from the date of entitlement as provided under the provisions of the Act and payment of interest cannot be restricted from the date of Sunder case decided. Obiter in Gurpreet Singh’s case, which incidentally made some observation with regard to the payment of interest on solatium, is not the binding precedent. [2015 PLRonline 0205 (SC)]
2015 PLRonline 0205 (SC), Periyar And Pareekanni Rubbers Ltd. v. State Of Kerala SUPREME COURT OF INDIA V. Gopala Gowda ...
Acquittal in Robbery Case: Doubtful Recovery of Pistol and Discrepancies in FIR [2023 SCeJ 0203]
Case of robbery and acquittal under sections 394 and 397 of the IPC and section 25 of the Arms Act. ...
NDPS S. 50, 52, 57 – S. 50 applies only when there is a search of a person -Finding the source of Narcotic Drug is of no consequence in a trial. [2023 PLRonline 0007 AP]
2023 PLRonline 0007 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and its implications on search and seizure procedures. 1. Section ...
Cruelty – Mere filing of a criminal case itself cannot be termed as “cruelty” | Desertion – Having regard to the nature of the allegations made in the complaint cannot be said that the wife had no valid reason to leave the company of the husband. [PLRonline 401605]
LogIn/Subscribe to read judgment 2022 PLRonline 590 HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S. Vishwajith ...
Satish Chander Ahuja v. Sneha Ahuja, 2021 PLRonline 9094 (SC)
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah, JJ.) SATISH CHANDER AHUJA - Appellant v. SNEHA ...
“Importance of Corroboration in Criminal Trials: Extra-Judicial Confession as a Weak Piece of Evidence”
Admissibility of extra-judicial confessions in criminal trials in India. Read on to understand the circumstances in which it can be ...
Criminal trial – Acquittal order – Scope of interference in an appeal against acquittal – Suspicion. 2023 SCeJ 0055, 2023 PLRonline 466600
NIKHIL CHANDRA MONDAL Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL, 2023 SCeJ 0055, 2023 PLRonline 466600, (2023-1)209 PLR 438 (SC) (SN) SUPREME ...