Chandigarh: Court allows bail to HC Bar body chief in assault case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Chandigarh: Court allows bail to HC Bar body chief in assault case

Hindustan Times  

The court of additional sessions judge on Thursday allowed the regular bail application of Vikas Malik, president of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association, who was arrested in an assault case last month. While Chandigarh Police had opposed the bail plea, the defence counsel argued in court for two hours to present their side of the story and convinced the court why bail should be granted to accused. Elected as the HC Bar body chief in December 2023, Malik was arrested on the complaint of advocate Ranjit Singh, a resident of Sector 23-D, who alleged he was assaulted by a group of individuals, including Malik, in his office on the high court premises on July 1. While the police had opposed the bail plea, the defence counsel argued in court for two hours to present their side of the story and convinced the court why bail should be granted to accused.

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Unnao rape case: Delhi HC extends by month interim bail to Kuldeep Sengar
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Unnao rape case: Delhi HC extends by month interim bail to Kuldeep Sengar

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday extended by one month the interim bail granted on medical grounds to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is serving a life term in the Unnao rape case of 2017. The court imposed certain conditions on Sengar, such as not moving out of his residence except for visiting AIIMS for follow-up …

Delhi HC denies anticipatory bail to ex- IAS trainee Puja Khedkar
18 hours, 1 minute ago

Delhi HC denies anticipatory bail to ex- IAS trainee Puja Khedkar

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar who has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing of OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. Ruling that a strong prima facie case was made out against Khedkar, Justice Chandra Dhari Singh said investigation was required to …

District Judiciary's Reluctance In Granting Bail Burdens High Courts, Hierarchical Court Must Introspect: Punjab & Haryana High Court
2 days, 8 hours ago

District Judiciary's Reluctance In Granting Bail Burdens High Courts, Hierarchical Court Must Introspect: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

While granting bail to a man booked for offences under the NDPS Act, the Punjab & Haryana High Court observed that district court's reluctance in granting bail burdens the High Court, delays hearing of matters like appeals, revision and it is for the "hierarchical court" like the high court to "introspect". Such reluctance exacerbates the burden on High Courts, where …

Karnataka HC Grants Interim Bail To BJP's CT Ravi Arrested For Allegedly Using Derogatory Words Against Female Congress Leader
3 days, 3 hours ago

Karnataka HC Grants Interim Bail To BJP's CT Ravi Arrested For Allegedly Using Derogatory Words Against Female Congress Leader

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted interim bail and directed immediate release from custody of BJP Legislator C T Ravi, who was arrested for allegedly using derogatory words against Congress Legislator Laxmi Hebbalkar inside the State Council, at Belagavi. It said “I am of the opinion that prima facie case is made out by the petitioner for his release …

Umar Khalid Gets 7 Days Interim Bail In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case
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5 days, 7 hours ago

Umar Khalid Gets 7 Days Interim Bail In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to former JNU scholar Umar Khalid in the UAPA case alleging a larger conspiracy related to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts granted interim bail for 7 days to Khalid for attending a wedding in the family.The interim bail conditions are that Khalid shall not contact …

Hema Committee aftermath: Milords, shouldn't bail for celebs in this manner be avoided?
5 days, 18 hours ago

Hema Committee aftermath: Milords, shouldn't bail for celebs in this manner be avoided?

New Indian Express  

Last week, a single-judge Bench of the Kerala High Court granted anticipatory bail to Malayalam filmmaker and actor Balachandra Menon in an alleged sexual assault case dating back to 2007. While granting anticipatory bail to Menon, Justice Kunhikrishnan noted that the complaint had been registered by the victim 17 years after the alleged incident and that such a delay tarnished …

Elgar Parishad case: KKM activist Sagar Gorkhe gets bail for law exam
1 week, 2 days ago

Elgar Parishad case: KKM activist Sagar Gorkhe gets bail for law exam

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: A special NIA court on Friday granted temporary bail to Kabir Kala Manch activist Sagar Gorkhe, lodged at Taloja central jail in Navi Mumbai in connection with the Elgar Parishad/ Bhima Koregaon case, to prepare and appear for his first semester law examination scheduled between December 23, 2024 and January 1, 2025. Elgar Parishad case: KKM activist Sagar Gorkhe …

Failure to provide grounds of arrest will lead to bail? Supreme Court to examine
1 week, 3 days ago

Failure to provide grounds of arrest will lead to bail? Supreme Court to examine

India Today  

The Supreme Court said it would revisit the question whether failure to provide the grounds of arrest would lead to bail or release of the accused in all cases. The court's decision came during the hearing of a plea filed by Mihir Shah, the main accused in the high-profile BMW hit-and-run case in Mumbai's Worli. Earlier this month, Mihir Shah …

Bangladesh: Iskcon priest awaits bail as court defers hearing for third time, lawyer attacked again
1 week, 4 days ago

Bangladesh: Iskcon priest awaits bail as court defers hearing for third time, lawyer attacked again

Firstpost  

No early bail hearing for Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das as a court in Bangladesh’s Chattogram rejected a plea seeking to advance hearing his bail petition. Senior lawyer attacked again Reports quoted 75-year-old Ghosh as saying that he was harassed and attacked on Wednesday outside the court when he went to file the petition on advance hearing of Das’s bail …

'Men Also Have Right & Dignity': Kerala HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Actor Balachandra Menon In Sexual Assault Case Filed With 17 Yrs Delay
1 week, 5 days ago

'Men Also Have Right & Dignity': Kerala HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Actor Balachandra Menon In Sexual Assault Case Filed With 17 Yrs Delay

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court today granted anticipatory bail to Malayalam actor Balachandra Menon in a sexual assault case filed against him with 17 years delay, after publication of the Justice Hema Committee Report. Based on a statement of a lady, that too after 17 years, this case has been registered…It is true that investigation is going on but everybody must …

SC relaxes bail conditions for Manish Sisodia in excise policy cases
1 week, 5 days ago

SC relaxes bail conditions for Manish Sisodia in excise policy cases

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday relaxed the bail conditions of AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, requiring him to report to the investigating officer twice a week in the corruption and money laundering cases related to the Delhi excise policy case. The apex court, while granting bail to Sisodia, had put several conditions, including …

Bombay High Court grants bail to 14 accused in Mira Road communal violence case
1 week, 6 days ago

Bombay High Court grants bail to 14 accused in Mira Road communal violence case

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to 14 Muslim men arrested for their alleged involvement in the Mira Road communal violence this January. Noting that their further detention appeared ‘tenuous’, a Single Bench judge, Justice Nijamoodin J. Jamadar observed, “Prima facie, it appears that premeditation or a prior meeting of mind to attack the members of the convoy cannot …

'Serious Offence, Victim An Innocent 14-Year-Old Girl': Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Gang-Rape Accused
1 week, 6 days ago

'Serious Offence, Victim An Innocent 14-Year-Old Girl': Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Gang-Rape Accused

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday denied bail to one Halkaee Ahirwar, who has been accused of committing gang rape against a 14-year-old girl in April this year and making viral a video of the entire incident. A bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav rejected his bail plea, emphasizing that the victim is an 'innocent' 14-year-old girl and that the …

Supreme Court Grants Bail To UP Police Officers Convicted For Hashimpura Massacre
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Supreme Court Grants Bail To UP Police Officers Convicted For Hashimpura Massacre

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today granted bail to the members of the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel who were convicted by the Delhi High Court in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case.A bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice AG Masih passed the order considering that the convicts have been undergoing imprisonment for over six years since November 2018. The …

IIT-BHU gang rape: Third accused granted bail after 11 months in jail
2 weeks, 5 days ago

IIT-BHU gang rape: Third accused granted bail after 11 months in jail

Hindustan Times  

The Allahabad high court has granted bail to Saksham Patel, the third accused in the 2023 gang rape of an Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University student. Two other accused, Kunal Pandey and Abhishek Chauhan, were granted bail earlier. Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar, while allowing Patel’s bail application, noted, “Considering the submissions made, the record, and the fact that Patel …

Relief Hit By S. 438(1)(ii) CrPC: Allahabad HC Cancels Advocate's Anticipatory Bail In Extortion Case For Concealing Criminal Antecedents
3 weeks ago

Relief Hit By S. 438(1)(ii) CrPC: Allahabad HC Cancels Advocate's Anticipatory Bail In Extortion Case For Concealing Criminal Antecedents

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently cancelled anticipatory bail granted to an advocate in an extortion case, noting that he had not mentioned the factum of previous criminal antecedents before the trial court, which granted him the relief. It was his case that the accused had approached the Sessions Court by concealing the factum of criminal antecedents of two previous cases, …

Will Ask PMLA Accused Seeking Bail On Ground Of Delay In Trial To File Undertaking Against Seeking Adjournments: Supreme Court
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Will Ask PMLA Accused Seeking Bail On Ground Of Delay In Trial To File Undertaking Against Seeking Adjournments: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed that it will require persons accused of money laundering to file undertaking that they will not seek adjournments and delay trial before granting bail on the ground that trial is delayed. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih directed Zeeshan Haider, an accused in the Delhi Waqf Board money laundering …

Delhi HC reserves order on Puja Khedkar's pre arrest bail plea
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Delhi HC reserves order on Puja Khedkar's pre arrest bail plea

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its order on an anticipatory bail plea of sacked IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of allegedly cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the 2022 civil services examination. Delhi HC reserves order on Puja Khedkar's pre arrest bail plea Justice Chandra Dhari Singh said the interim protection from …

Gurugram Court Issues Arrest Warrants Against TV News Anchors Chitra Tripathi & Syed Suhail In POCSO Case
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Gurugram Court Issues Arrest Warrants Against TV News Anchors Chitra Tripathi & Syed Suhail In POCSO Case

Live Law  

A special court in Haryana's Gurugram earlier this month issued a non-bailable warrant of arrest against TV News Anchors and Journalists Chitra Tripathi & Sayed Suhail in a 2013 POCSO case. Before the Court, while Tripathi's counsel sought exemption on the ground that the ABP News Anchor is travelling to Nasik, Maharashtra, to cover the Maharashtra election and interview State's …

'ED Wants To Keep Accused In Detention Without Trial' : Court Asks ED Director To Ensure Bails Aren't Opposed When Agency Delays Trials
3 weeks, 4 days ago

'ED Wants To Keep Accused In Detention Without Trial' : Court Asks ED Director To Ensure Bails Aren't Opposed When Agency Delays Trials

Live Law  

While granting bail to an accused in the money laundering case connected to alleged Delhi Waqf Board scam, a Delhi Court yesterday rapped the Enforcement Directorate for causing delay in trial of about five months. Instead of channelizing their energy and resources for speedy trial, it appears that the entire thrust of the prosecuting agency is to keep the accused …

Supreme Court issues notice to Yasin Malik, others on CBI's plea to transfer trial in two cases
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Supreme Court issues notice to Yasin Malik, others on CBI's plea to transfer trial in two cases

India TV News  

The Supreme Court today sought a response from Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Yasin Malik and others on a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation to transfer the trial in two cases from Jammu to New Delhi. During the proceedings, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench that Malik need not be physically taken to Jammu court for trial …

CBI urges Supreme Court to transfer Yasin Malik's trial from Jammu to Delhi
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3 weeks, 4 days ago

CBI urges Supreme Court to transfer Yasin Malik's trial from Jammu to Delhi

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the ongoing terror-funding trial against Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik could be transferred from Jammu to the Tihar Jail, where a court facility is already functional with video conferencing facilities in place. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench of Justices AS Oka and Augustine George Masih, which …

Delhi Waqf case: Court grants bail to accused, says ED tying to keep him in detention without trial
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Delhi Waqf case: Court grants bail to accused, says ED tying to keep him in detention without trial

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to an accused in the Delhi Waqf Board case involving A MLA Amanatullah Khan while pulling up the ED for having its "entire thrust" to keep him in detention without trial. Delhi Waqf case: Court grants bail to accused, says ED tying to keep him in detention without trial Special Judge …

K’taka HC denies anticipatory bail to Revanna in rape case
1 month ago

K’taka HC denies anticipatory bail to Revanna in rape case

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka high court on Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail application filed by former MP Prajwal Revanna in a rape case involving a former member of the Hassan zilla panchayat. The woman filed a formal complaint with the Special Investigation Team on May 1, 2024, leading to the registration of a case at the cyber police station of the Criminal …

Karnataka HC denies anticipatory bail to Prajwal Revanna in sexual harassment case
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1 month ago

Karnataka HC denies anticipatory bail to Prajwal Revanna in sexual harassment case

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail application filed by former JD MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of rape and sexual assault, in connection with a fourth case registered against him. The cases of sexual abuse came to light after pen drives containing explicit videos allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna were reportedly circulated in Hassan, ahead …

Kerala High Court denies bail to cop accused of raping minor Dalit girl
1 month ago

Kerala High Court denies bail to cop accused of raping minor Dalit girl

India Today  

The Kerala High Court denied bail to a police officer, accused of raping a 14-year-old school girl two years ago on Children’s Day, saying he committed a “heinous offence”. The judge, Justice K Babu, denied the bail petition of the officer, who at the time of the rape was a Student Police Cadet instructor at the victim’s school. In his …

Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To Suspended TMC Leader Kuntal Ghosh In Recruitment Scam Case
1 month ago

Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To Suspended TMC Leader Kuntal Ghosh In Recruitment Scam Case

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to suspended Trinamool Congress youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in the cash-for-jobs recruitment scam case being investigated by the CBI and ED.While Justice Suvra Ghosh granted bail to the accused subject to a bond of Rs 10 lakhs, he will remain in custody in another case being investigated by the CBI.The petitioner stated that …

Custody Needed To Unravel Corruption Racket In Jail: P&H HC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Official Booked For Supplying Mobile Phones To Gangsters
1 month ago

Custody Needed To Unravel Corruption Racket In Jail: P&H HC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Official Booked For Supplying Mobile Phones To Gangsters

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a Jail Superintendent accused of collecting bribe from gangsters to supply them mobile phones inside the Haryana's Kurukshetra prison and allowed visits of hard core criminal without entry in register. The Court rejected the plea that investigation against the Jail Superintendent was lodged without following the provision …

SC grants anticipatory bail to actor Siddique in rape case, flags 8-year delay in filing FIR: Posted on Facebook, but..
1 month ago

SC grants anticipatory bail to actor Siddique in rape case, flags 8-year delay in filing FIR: Posted on Facebook, but..

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to veteran Malayalam actor Siddique in connection with an alleged rape case dating back to 2016. A bench comprising Justice Bela Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma made the interim anticipatory bail, granted on September 30, absolute. Justice Trivedi pointedly questioned the complainant's actions, stating: “You had the courage to post the complaint on …

Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to Malayalam actor Siddique in rape case
1 month ago

Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to Malayalam actor Siddique in rape case

Hindustan Times  

Siddique's anticipatory bail: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Malayalam actor Siddique in a case of alleged sexual assault registered against him in a 2016 incident by an actress. The Supreme Court noted that the complaint in the case was filed in August, eight years after the alleged incident took place in 2016. In its status report, …

Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Man In FIR By Bajrang Dal Member For Alleged Abduction Of Minor Girl Of Different Religion
1 month, 1 week ago

Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Man In FIR By Bajrang Dal Member For Alleged Abduction Of Minor Girl Of Different Religion

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to one Javed Alam, who was booked in an FIR lodged by a Bajrang Dal member accusing him of abducting a Hindu minor girl and having physical relations with her. “…it reflects that victim is willing to join the company of the applicant and to perform her matrimonial duties,” the Court noted …

Delhi HC grants bail to accused in LeT terror funding case
1 month, 1 week ago

Delhi HC grants bail to accused in LeT terror funding case

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted bail to an accused in a case related to allegedly raise funds for Lashkar-e-Taiba through their operatives based in Pakistan and other countries for terror activities in India. Delhi HC grants bail to accused in LeT terror funding case A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma allowed the …

Punjab & Haryana HC Declines Pre-Arrest Bail To Mother Booked Under POCSO For Forcing 2-Yrs Old Son Into Sexual Activities With Paramour
1 month, 1 week ago

Punjab & Haryana HC Declines Pre-Arrest Bail To Mother Booked Under POCSO For Forcing 2-Yrs Old Son Into Sexual Activities With Paramour

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to grant pre-arrest bail to a mother who was accused of sexually abusing her 2 years old son with her alleged paramour, observing that the role of a mother is of care and nurturing the child and any deviation from this standard especially in a manner that harms one's own child, invites …

Accused's Counsel Can't Directly Contact Probe Agencies/IOs Sans Court Permission: Allahabad HC Objects To Lawyers' Mails To ED
1 month, 1 week ago

Accused's Counsel Can't Directly Contact Probe Agencies/IOs Sans Court Permission: Allahabad HC Objects To Lawyers' Mails To ED

Live Law  

Today, the Allahabad High Court took exception to the actions of the accused's counsels, who had sent emails to Enforcement Directorate officers requesting them to file a counter affidavit, as directed by the court, in a case involving their client. Noting that counsels' sending emails directly to the Investigating Officer was not proper and could not be appreciated, a bench …

Difficult To Conclude If Accused Were Onlookers Or Real Culprits: Rajasthan HC Grants Bail To Men Accused Of Attacking Religious Procession
1 month, 1 week ago

Difficult To Conclude If Accused Were Onlookers Or Real Culprits: Rajasthan HC Grants Bail To Men Accused Of Attacking Religious Procession

Live Law  

The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court granted bail to several men accused of beating, throwing stones and using casteist slurs at members of a religious procession, noting that it was difficult to conclude whether the men were mere onlookers or the real culprits especially since there was no similar case pending against them. The court passed the order …

HC grants bail to 12 accused in Lakhimpur Kheri case
1 month, 1 week ago

HC grants bail to 12 accused in Lakhimpur Kheri case

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday granted regular bail to 12 accused in the October 3, 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight people, including four farmers, a journalist and three BJP workers were killed. Prime accused in the case, Ashish Mishra, son former union minister Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’, was already granted regular bail by …

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence | Their Case Stands On Better Footing Than That Of Ashish Mishra: Allahabad HC Grants Bail To 12 Accused
1 month, 1 week ago

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence | Their Case Stands On Better Footing Than That Of Ashish Mishra: Allahabad HC Grants Bail To 12 Accused

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted bail to 12 accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident related to the killings of five persons in October 2021, noting that their case is on a better footing than the case of Ashish Mishra, who was granted bail by Top Court in July this year. The court also factored in that there …

Gujarat High Court Enlarges Man Booked In 2013 Sabarmati Prison Break Attempt Case On Regular Bail
1 month, 1 week ago

Gujarat High Court Enlarges Man Booked In 2013 Sabarmati Prison Break Attempt Case On Regular Bail

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court granted regular bail to Saquib Nisar Shaikh–booked in connection with the 2013 Sabarmati prison break attempt case by allegedly digging a tunnel, noting that the applicant had already been in jail for over a decade with no immediate prospect of completion of trial.The FIR was registered under IPC Sections 224, 120B, 130and Sections 42 and 45 …

Threatening witnesses: Plea in High Court seeks Nawab Malik's bail cancellation
1 month, 1 week ago

Threatening witnesses: Plea in High Court seeks Nawab Malik's bail cancellation

India Today  

A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking cancellation of the interim bail granted to former Maharashtra minister and NCP Ajit Pawar faction leader Nawab Malik in a money laundering case. He was granted bail by the Supreme Court on medical grounds in July till the disposal of the regular bail plea pending before the Bombay High …

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Challenging Bail Granted To One Accused In Tailor Kanhaiya Lal Murder Case
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Challenging Bail Granted To One Accused In Tailor Kanhaiya Lal Murder Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a plea challenging bail granted to Mohammed Javed, one of the accused in the 2022 beheading case of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal. The petition challenges the Rajasthan High Court's decision to grant bail to Javed in September 2024, based on the court's assessment that prima facie evidence did not suggest Javed's involvement …

Trial Not Concluded Within 60 Days From Day Fixed For Recording Evidence: Rajasthan High Court Cites S.480 BNSS To Grant Bail In Cheating Case
1 month, 1 week ago

Trial Not Concluded Within 60 Days From Day Fixed For Recording Evidence: Rajasthan High Court Cites S.480 BNSS To Grant Bail In Cheating Case

Live Law  

Rajasthan High Court has allowed the bail application of an accused charged under Sections 420 and 406 IPC, on grounds of Section 480 BNSS, since the trial did not conclude within sixty days from the date fixed for taking evidence in the case and the accused was in custody for more than two years. Section 480 BNSS provides that in …

Supreme Court rejects bail plea of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna in rape and sexual assault case
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1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court rejects bail plea of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna in rape and sexual assault case

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the bail application of Prajwal Revanna, the former member of parliament from JDS, who is alleged with various charges of rape and sexual assault. Nevertheless, the bench of the Supreme Court held that it could not entertain the matter of revisiting the bail application that was denied by the Karnataka High Court to Revanna …

Pakistan: Imran Khan gets bail in four cases related to May 9 violence
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan: Imran Khan gets bail in four cases related to May 9 violence

Deccan Chronicle  

Lahore: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has granted post-arrest bail to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in four arson cases in Lahore and adjourned hearings in another eight ones till November 30.The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supreme leader was booked in 12 cases in Lahore in connection with May 2023 violence, including for allegedly attacking the government and military buildings following …

High Court Allows Anticipatory Bail Plea for Accused Facing Arrest Warrant
2 months ago

High Court Allows Anticipatory Bail Plea for Accused Facing Arrest Warrant

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that there is no 'absolute prohibition' against considering an application for anticipatory bail filed by an accused facing an arrest warrant or proclamation under Section 82 CrPC. The court is empowered to consider the merits of the case in extremely exceptional cases in the interest of justice.

Karnataka HC rejects bail for UP man accused of cheating 15 people across India
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka HC rejects bail for UP man accused of cheating 15 people across India

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court refused anticipatory bail to Anupkumar Chodhari, an accused from Uttar Pradesh who had allegedly cheated 15 persons from different states after receiving lakhs of rupees from them on the pretext of getting them inducted as members of the Railway Board. Under these circumstances, though in law the present petition filed under Section 438 of CrPC …

Badlapur sexual assault: Why haven’t school trustees been arrested yet, HC asks SIT
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Badlapur sexual assault: Why haven’t school trustees been arrested yet, HC asks SIT

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday asked the state-appointed special investigation team for the Badlapur sexual assault cases why the trustees of the school where the incidents allegedly took place last month were not yet arrested. Meanwhile, another bench of the high court rejected the pre-arrest bail pleas of the accused trustees, chairman Uday Kotwal and secretary Tushar Apte. …

Karnataka High Court grants bail to man who surrendered to police to protect the actual accused in Darshan case
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court grants bail to man who surrendered to police to protect the actual accused in Darshan case

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka has granted bail to a 27-year-old man who had surrendered to the police, in place of the actual accused, by accepting ₹5 lakh as consideration for owning up the offence in the Renukaswamy murder case; film actor Darshan is a main accused in the case. This is the first instance of bail granted to any …

Habeas Corpus Plea For Accused In Judicial Custody By Order Of Competent Court Not Maintainable: Punjab & Haryana High Court
3 months ago

Habeas Corpus Plea For Accused In Judicial Custody By Order Of Competent Court Not Maintainable: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that a habeas corpus plea seeking the release of the accused, who is in judicial custody by virtue of an order passed by a court of competent jurisdiction, and, whose regular bail application has also been dismissed by the trial Court concerned, is not maintainable.Justice Kuldeep Tiwari refused to entertain the habeas …

​For a fair probe: The Hindu Editorial on the Kejriwal bail order and CBI conduct
3 months, 1 week ago

​For a fair probe: The Hindu Editorial on the Kejriwal bail order and CBI conduct

The Hindu  

A two-member Bench of the Supreme Court that granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi excise policy case was divided on the legality of his arrest by the CBI on corruption charges soon after he was given regular bail in connection with money-laundering charges. After the benefit was given to the co-accused, including Delhi’s Deputy Chief …

SC verdict on Kejriwal's bail petition today
3 months, 1 week ago

SC verdict on Kejriwal's bail petition today

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will deliver on Friday its verdict on CM Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the CBI and seeking interim bail in the excise policy case. While senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi represented Kejriwal, senior Additional Solicitor General and senior lawyer S V Raju appeared for CBI. Terming the arrest of Kejriwal “illegal and arbitrary”, …

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