criminal law

Important Facts: The Bombay High Court has recently quashed an FIR filed against a man, age 25 accused of sexual assault on a 17-year-old boy after victim's father and the accused reached a codial settlement. The Court accordingly directed the Registry to deposit the amount of ₹50..

On July 22, 2020 the Supreme court bench comprising of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Vineet Saran granted bail to Dubai based Hotelier, running chain of Hotels in Dubai, accused of offences punishable under Sections 387, 420, 370(1)(3), 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and 4, 5, 6 of Immoral Trafficking Prevention A..

Bail is the rule but not its refusal Bail is the rule and refusal of bail is the exception. When the bail is refused the personal liberty of the citizen is deprived. Such deprivation can be done only by following the principles and procedures known to law. That means refusal of bail must be done by following due process of law. B..

In Criminal Justice System from the initial stage of investigation some time it happens that those who are actually committed the offence easily escape the boundaries of  Penal Law, by one way or the other. Most commonly it happens so during the investigative stage of the offence which results in filling of improper charge-sheet, due to laxity in investigation. B..

“The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.”: Arthur Schopenhauer[1] SYNOPSIS..

On July 10, 2020 a bench comprising of Chief Justice S.A Bobde, Justice R. Subhash Reddy and justice A.S Bopanna decided to examine whether restrictions can be imposed on use of social media while granting bail to a person charged with criminal case. The Supreme court was hearing an appeal..

We do observe in our daily life that common citizen is forced to bear bscene acts and songs may it be in public place or public vehicles and common citizen without having knowledge of law or legal provision, continues to bear though showing his displeasure. Indian Penal Code contains the provision to tackle such problems. Secti..

Are Criminals, politicians or politicians, criminals? I would call them ‘crimacians’. The world of gangsters and politicians have stitched a seamless web around their vote bank in India. Citizens exercise their constitutional right unde..

WHO IS VIKAS DUBEY? The Uttar Pradesh police started searching for Vikas Dubey after a resident of Bikru village, Rahul Tiwari, lodged a case of attempt to murder against the notorious gangster. The police conducted raids in several places on the basis of the FIR filed by Rahul Tiwari. Apart f..

Vikas Dubey was a gangster turned politician, based in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, with a long criminal record On July 10, 2020, he was gunned down after he reportedly tried to flee when a convoy taking him from Ujjain to Kanpur overturned dead. The circumstances surrounding the gangster’s encounter are highly questionable at the present time.  p style="..

The gangster Vikas Dubey caught - After a  6 day long manhunt, Vikas Dubey the UP based gangster is now in police custody. - He was wanted on the charge of killing 8 policemen last week in a raid at his home. He carried a cash reward of Rs5 lakh. - On 9th July, when he tried to enter the Mahakal temple in MP, the police was informed by a guard, although this..

Offence is the breach of Law or Rules or Commission of illegal act of Crime. The main objective of the law to provide a basic framework for the punishment of offenders against the substantive Criminal law and prescribed the rules for conduct of proceedings against any person who has committed an offence under any Criminal law, whether it is Indian Penal Code or any ot..

In a fresh, firm and favourable ruling for victims of sexual abuse and delivered just recently on June 15, 2020, the Uttarakhand High Court has in a latest, landmark and extremely laudable judgment titled Bhuwan Chandra Pandey Vs Union of India and others in Writ Petition (S/B) No. 153 of 2013 held in no uncertain terms that the sole..

The brief facts of the case is that Petitioner/accused and prosecutrix both residing in the same locality, known to each other for long time and the developed relationship each other and both with free consent, without any coercion and undue pressure decided to enter into a matrimonial relationship though before entering into relationship prosecutrix was aware of th..

DISCOVERING OF PREGNANCY The mother of a rape survivor filed a petition when she suspected that her daughter was pregnant.On enquiry, it was revealed that her daughter was being raped by someone from the neighbourhood periodically. p style="text-align:j..