Allahabad High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Subjecting Minor To Forced Circumcision For Conversion Purposes
2 years, 3 months ago

Allahabad High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Subjecting Minor To Forced Circumcision For Conversion Purposes

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to one Julfikar who has been accused of subjecting a 9-year-old boy to forced circumcision for religious conversion purposes.The bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Gupta ordered that in the event of arrest of the applicant, he shall be released on anticipatory bail till the submission of the police report, if any, under. The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to one Julfikar who has been accused of subjecting a 9-year-old boy to forced circumcision for religious conversion purposes. The bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Gupta ordered that in the event of arrest of the applicant, he shall be released on anticipatory bail till the submission of the police report, if any, under section 173 Cr.P.C. However, the Investigating Officer was directed to conclude the investigation of the case in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months independently without being prejudiced by any observation made by the Court while considering and deciding the present anticipatory bail application of the applicant.

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

JNU student leader Umar Khalid granted seven days of interim bail to attend his cousin’s wedding - all you need to know
5 days, 14 hours ago

JNU student leader Umar Khalid granted seven days of interim bail to attend his cousin’s wedding - all you need to know

Live Mint  

Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid has been granted interim bail to attend his cousin's wedding. Currently, the Delhi High Court is reviewing the regular bail applications of Khalid and activist Sharjeel Imam in the case. Earlier, while rejecting his bail plea, the trial court stated: "The High Court analysed the case against the applicant and concluded that the allegations …

Umar Khalid Gets 7 Days Interim Bail In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case
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5 days, 14 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 …

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest– November 2024
1 week, 2 days ago

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest– November 2024

Live Law  

Supreme Court: Jail Superintendents Should Make Special Efforts To Identify Women Prisoners Eligible For Release U/s. Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Approaching HC For Bail U/S 483 BNSS Without Approaching Trial Court Unnecessarily Burdens HC: J&K High Court Case Title: Ajeet Kumar Vs UT Of J&K Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 320 Criticising the growing trend of directly approaching the High Court …

Kolkata Court Grants Bail To Ex-RG Kar Principal, Police Officer Abhijit Mondal Due To CBI's Failure To File Chargesheet In Timely Manner
1 week, 3 days ago

Kolkata Court Grants Bail To Ex-RG Kar Principal, Police Officer Abhijit Mondal Due To CBI's Failure To File Chargesheet In Timely Manner

Live Law  

In a new development related to the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and hospital, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sealdah, has granted bail to former principal of the college Sandip Ghosh, and former OC of the jurisidictional police station Abhijit Mondal, who were arrested for conspiring to cover-up the incident.The ACJM …

Kolkata Court Grants Bail To Ex-RG Kar Principal, Police Officer Abhijit Mondal Due To CBI's Failure To File Chargesheet In Timely Manner
1 week, 3 days ago

Kolkata Court Grants Bail To Ex-RG Kar Principal, Police Officer Abhijit Mondal Due To CBI's Failure To File Chargesheet In Timely Manner

Live Law  

In a new development related to the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and hospital, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sealdah, has granted bail to former principal of the college Sandip Ghosh, and former OC of the jurisidictional police station Abhijit Mondal, who were arrested for conspiring to cover-up the incident.The ACJM …

Allu Arjun arrested, released on bail
1 week, 3 days ago

Allu Arjun arrested, released on bail

The Hindu  

In a day of dramatic developments, lead actor of Pushpa-2 Allu Arjun secured interim bail for four weeks from Telangana High Court on Friday within hours of Hyderabad Police arresting and lodging him in prison in a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Justice Juvvadi Sridevi of the High Court, who heard the actor’s bail application moved as …

'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 …

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, …

Delhi HC grants anticipatory bail to transgender MCD councillor
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Delhi HC grants anticipatory bail to transgender MCD councillor

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to Bobi Kinner, the city’s first transgender MCD Councillor, in a case involving alleged fabrication of a caste certificate. Bobi, who represents the Sultanpuri ward, had her earlier plea dismissed by a trial court, which called for her custodial interrogation. Justice Amit Mahajan, while granting anticipatory bail, considered submissions from …

Supreme Court Quarterly Criminal Digest 2024 [July - September]
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Supreme Court Quarterly Criminal Digest 2024 [July - September]

Live Law  

Armed Forces Civilian Killings - FIR and subsequent proceedings quashed due to absence of mandatory sanction under Section 6 of the Armed Forces Act, 1958. Frank Vitus v. Narcotics Control Bureau, 2024 LiveLaw 441 : AIR 2024 SC 3418 : 8 SCC 415 : 2024 CriLJ 3297 Section 437 – Bail – Object of imposing conditions of bail – It …

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 …

Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Jagannath Temple Priest In Money Laundering Case Under PMLA
1 month ago

Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Jagannath Temple Priest In Money Laundering Case Under PMLA

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today granted anticipatory bail to Jagannath Temple Priest, Rajkumar Daitapati in relation to PMLA proceedings initiated against him for alleged offence of money laundering. The petitioner, stated to be a generational priest of the Shri Jagannath Temple, Puri, Orrisa has been arrayed in proceedings under S. 3 and 4 of the Prevention for Money Laundering Act 2002. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

S.482 BNSS | Once Pre-Arrest Bail Is Denied On Merits, Second Plea Can't Be Entertained Without Any Change In Fact Situation: Punjab & Haryana HC
1 month, 2 weeks ago

S.482 BNSS | Once Pre-Arrest Bail Is Denied On Merits, Second Plea Can't Be Entertained Without Any Change In Fact Situation: Punjab & Haryana HC

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that once the first anticipatory bail has been denied on merits and without there being change in the facts of the situation, the second application for the same relief under Section 482 BNSS cannot be entertained by making new arguments or twist by introducing new circumstances, development or material.Justice Kirti …

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 …

Bail Granted in CCTV Camera Filming Case Against Mahant Mukesh Giri
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bail Granted in CCTV Camera Filming Case Against Mahant Mukesh Giri

Hindustan Times  

The Allahabad high court has granted anticipatory bail to suspect Mukesh Giri in a case related to alleged filming of women using a CCTV camera in a dressing room set up near a temple on the banks of Muradnagar canal in May. The court ruled that Giri is only liable to be prosecuted under Section 354C IPC, which is bailable …

Supreme Court expunges Allahabad High Court's remark on religious conversions, grants bail to accused
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court expunges Allahabad High Court's remark on religious conversions, grants bail to accused

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday expunged the Allahabad High Court's remark that majority population of the country will become the minority one day if religious congregations where conversions take place are not stopped. Earlier on July 2, the High Court, while hearing a bail plea, noted the allegations that the applicant had been taking people from Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh …

​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 …

When Can Second/Successive Plea For Pre-Arrest Bail Be Granted Under BNSS? Punjab & Haryana High Court Explains
3 months, 2 weeks ago

When Can Second/Successive Plea For Pre-Arrest Bail Be Granted Under BNSS? Punjab & Haryana High Court Explains

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has observed that for a successive anticipatory bail petition to succeed under the BNSS, the petitioner is required to show substantial change in circumstances and "a mere superficial or ostensible change would not suffice. The Punjab & Haryana High Court has observed that for a successive anticipatory bail petition to succeed under the BNSS, …

Live-in ‘agreement’ helps Mumbai man get pre-arrest bail in rape case
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Live-in ‘agreement’ helps Mumbai man get pre-arrest bail in rape case

Hindustan Times  

A Mumbai sessions court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of rape, following a hearing in which the accused presented evidence of a consensual relationship with the complainant. The case, registered with the Colaba police station, involved allegations of sexual assault, but the court's decision hinged on a notarized agreement that outlined the terms of a live-in relationship …

When citizen's liberty is in question, lower courts should decide pre-arrest bail pleas quickly: Bombay HC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

When citizen's liberty is in question, lower courts should decide pre-arrest bail pleas quickly: Bombay HC

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said when the question of liberty of a citizen is involved, it is necessary that the lower courts take up and decide applications seeking anticipatory bail either finally or at least for grant of interim protection in an expeditious manner. If the lower courts do not decide such matters, then the high court …

Lawyer Not Authorised To Make A Statement Of Fact Not Specifically Pleaded In Anticipatory Bail Plea: Allahabad High Court
4 months ago

Lawyer Not Authorised To Make A Statement Of Fact Not Specifically Pleaded In Anticipatory Bail Plea: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that a counsel can only argue a fact pleaded specifically in the anticipatory bail application and is not authorized to make a statement of fact that has not been specifically pleaded. However, when a pointed query was made to the counsel for the applicant about which paragraph pleadings were made about the fact that …

Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Committing Unnatural Sex With Cows
4 months ago

Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Committing Unnatural Sex With Cows

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week denied bail to a man accused of committing unnatural acts with cows. On the other hand, the AGA, appearing for the state, opposed the prayer for the grant of bail and submitted that the applicant had committed unnatural acts with the cows in the cowshed, which is confirmed by the video footage. Against this …

Allahabad HC relief to SP MLA in 2021 criminal case
4 months, 1 week ago

Allahabad HC relief to SP MLA in 2021 criminal case

Hindustan Times  

The Allahabad high court has directed the trial court to grant interim bail to SP MLA from Kanpur Amitabh Bajpai if he files a bail application in a 2021 criminal intimidation case. The high court further directed the trial court to decide his discharge application in the case within two months and clarified that the interim bail will end after …

Delhi Court to hear anticipatory bail plea of trainee IAS Pooja Khedkar today
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Court to hear anticipatory bail plea of trainee IAS Pooja Khedkar today

Hindustan Times  

Patiala House Court of Delhi will hear the anticipatory bail application of probationary IAS officer Pooja Khedkar on Tuesday. Delhi Court to hear anticipatory bail plea of trainee IAS Pooja Khedkar today This is in relation to an FIR registered against her for allegedly "faking her identity to fraudulently avail attempts beyond the permissible limit" in the civil services examination. …

Puja Khedkar’s father granted anticipatory bail in gun waving video case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Puja Khedkar’s father granted anticipatory bail in gun waving video case

The Hindu  

Dilip Khedkar, father of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, was on July 26 granted anticipatory bail by a sessions court in Pune in a case pertaining to farmers being threatened with a gun in a land dispute. Manorama Khedkar, the probationary IAS officer's mother, has been arrested in the case, which was registered after a video went viral showing …

While Imposing Conditions For Bail, Trial Court Cannot Direct Accused To Apply For Passport, Obtain It & Then Surrender It: Bombay HC
5 months, 1 week ago

While Imposing Conditions For Bail, Trial Court Cannot Direct Accused To Apply For Passport, Obtain It & Then Surrender It: Bombay HC

Live Law  

In a significant order, the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday held that a trial court while granting bail does not have any power to direct a person/accused to apply for a passport, obtain it and then surrender it to avail bail. Single-judge Justice Bharat Deshpande quashed and set aside such an "unusual" condition imposed by a …

Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Beheading Woman As She Refused To Convert After Marriage
5 months, 1 week ago

Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Beheading Woman As She Refused To Convert After Marriage

Live Law  

On Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court denied bail to a man accused of brutally beheading a Hindu woman and leaving her body in a drain in September 2020 after she refused to convert to Islam following her marriage with one Ejaj/Aijaj. The first bail application of the applicant was rejected by the High Court in January, considering the facts that, …

Non-bailable arrest warrant against Yediyurappa in POCSO case; ex-CM seeks anticipatory bail
6 months, 1 week ago

Non-bailable arrest warrant against Yediyurappa in POCSO case; ex-CM seeks anticipatory bail

New Indian Express  

The special court to try cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act in Bengaluru has issued a non-bailable warrant against the former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa, on Thursday. Sadashivanagar police had booked Yediyurappa under Section 8 of the POCSO Act and Section 354A of the IPC based on a …

Bhavani Revanna receives pre-trial bail until June 10
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bhavani Revanna receives pre-trial bail until June 10

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka high court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna, mother of suspended Janata Dal MP Prajwal Revanna, in connection with a kidnapping case linked to the sexual abuse allegations against her son. Last week, the SIT had issued a notice to Bhavani asking her to be present at her home for questioning in the kidnapping case linked …

Karnataka HC grants anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna in kidnapping case
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka HC grants anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna in kidnapping case

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna, mother of suspended Janata Dal MP Prajwal Revanna, in a kidnapping case filed against her linked to the sexual abuse allegations against her son. Karnataka high court The high court’s decision to grant her bail mandates that she must fully cooperate with the investigation by the Special …

Why was Sharjeel Imam granted ‘statutory bail’ in a 2020 sedition case? | Explained
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Why was Sharjeel Imam granted ‘statutory bail’ in a 2020 sedition case? | Explained

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on May 20 granted statutory bail to JNU scholar and student activist Sharjeel Imam in connection with a 2020 communal riots case involving allegations of sedition. Warning judicial officers that they would be taken off work and sent for training if such continued non-compliance is observed, the Court said, “If such orders are being passed by …

UP Amendment To S. 438 CrPC Doesn't Bar Grant Of Anticipatory Bail To Accused Booked U/S 376(3) IPC: Allahabad HC
7 months, 1 week ago

UP Amendment To S. 438 CrPC Doesn't Bar Grant Of Anticipatory Bail To Accused Booked U/S 376(3) IPC: Allahabad HC

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has held that the Criminal Procedure Code Act, 2018 which revived the provision of anticipatory bail in the State, doesn't bar the grant of PRE-ARREST BAIL to an accused booked for an offence under subsection of Section 376 IPC. On the other hand, the state's counsel contending raised a preliminary objection that sub-section of Section 438 …

SC grants anticipatory bail to Mukhtar’s son
7 months, 2 weeks ago

SC grants anticipatory bail to Mukhtar’s son

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Umar Ansari, son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a case in which he is accused of being part of a conspiracy to promote enmity and obstruct public servants during the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. UP’s additional advocate general Garima Prasad told the court during the hearing …

Trial court sets terms and conditions for Sanjay Singh’s bail
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trial court sets terms and conditions for Sanjay Singh’s bail

Hindustan Times  

A trial court on Wednesday asked Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker Sanjay Singh to provide a detailed itinerary of the places he travels to, share his mobile number, and always keep his GPS location on as it set the terms and conditions for his release from prison. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Singh’s release from prison subject to the trial …

Out on bail, Elvish held by Gurugram police
9 months ago

Out on bail, Elvish held by Gurugram police

Hindustan Times  

Noida: Before YouTuber Elvish Yadav could step out of Luksar jail in Greater Noida on Saturday morning, after getting bail in the snake venom case on Friday, he was sent to Gurugram on a production warrant in connection with an assault case registered there against him on the complaint of another YouTuber and arrested by the Gurugram police, senior police …

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To SHUATS Director Vinod Bihari Lal In An Attempt To Murder Case
9 months ago

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To SHUATS Director Vinod Bihari Lal In An Attempt To Murder Case

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology And Sciences director Vinod Bihari Lal in a case lodged against him for allegedly attempting to murder, causing grievous hurt to a person. Importantly, it was strongly argued that the applicant, along with University officials moved a Writ Petition before the Apex Court challenging the instant …

CrPC Provisions Applicable On Accused Not Chargesheeted Under SC/ST Act Even If Special Court Is Trying Offence: Allahabad HC
9 months ago

CrPC Provisions Applicable On Accused Not Chargesheeted Under SC/ST Act Even If Special Court Is Trying Offence: Allahabad HC

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently clarified that the criminal cases in which the accused are not charge-sheeted under the SC/ST Act are liable to be processed under the provisions of CrPC, even if the offence is being tried by the special court established under the SC/ST Act.A bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot observed thus while dealing with an application filed …

Justice Ramkumar Reviews India's Latest Criminal Justice Law
9 months, 1 week ago

Justice Ramkumar Reviews India's Latest Criminal Justice Law

Live Law  

My comments: - This again is a welcome provision provided it is effective and foolproof. Every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence, irrespective of the area where the offence is committed, may be given orally or by electronic communication to an officer in charge of a police station, and if given— orally, it shall be reduced to …

HC seeks Delhi Police's response on Sharjeel Imam's bail plea in sedition case
9 months, 1 week ago

HC seeks Delhi Police's response on Sharjeel Imam's bail plea in sedition case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the response of Delhi Police on a plea moved by activist Sharjeel Imam challenging a trial court order refusing him statutory bail in a case under the anti-terror law UAPA and sedition case. Issuing notice in the plea, a division bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait posted the matter for …

Supreme Court grants bail to Bhurekhan accused of converting woman to Islam
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court grants bail to Bhurekhan accused of converting woman to Islam

Op India  

On Friday, the Supreme Court granted bail to Bhurekhan of Gujarat in a case against him for forcibly converting a Hindu woman belonging to the SC/ST community to Islam. The Supreme Court granted him bail after the Gujarat High Court had denied it, having noted the prima facie involvement of the accused and presence of sufficient evidence against him. BREAKING: …

Delhi court rejects bail plea of Sharjeel Imam in sedition case
10 months ago

Delhi court rejects bail plea of Sharjeel Imam in sedition case

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday denied statutory bail to Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case filed against him for allegedly giving inflammatory speeches at various places in Delhi, including at Delhi’s Jamia area and Aligarh Muslim University, during the anti-CAA protests in 2019-2020. Sharjeel Imam was arrested in January 2020 Imam had moved the court under section 436A …

SC/ST Act | No Absolute Bar Against Grant Of Anticipatory Bail If Alleged Offences Prima Facie Not Made Out: Orissa High Court Reiterates
10 months, 3 weeks ago

SC/ST Act | No Absolute Bar Against Grant Of Anticipatory Bail If Alleged Offences Prima Facie Not Made Out: Orissa High Court Reiterates

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court, on Thursday, reiterated that there is no absolute bar against grant of anticipatory bail to an accused under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Act, 1989, if no prima facie offence is made out. While clarifying the implications of Section 18 and Section 18A of the Act, the Single Bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra held – …

Religious Conversion 'Racket'| Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Islamic Scholar Accused Of Waging War Against Govt Of India
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Religious Conversion 'Racket'| Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Islamic Scholar Accused Of Waging War Against Govt Of India

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to Islamic scholar Mufti Qazi Jahangir Alam Qasmi who was arrested in June 2021 by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police on the charges of conspiring to run a mass religious conversion racket in the State and assisted in religious conversion of over 1000 people across the state.A bench of Justice …

Bail Plea Cannot Be Turned Into Recovery Proceedings Against Accused: Punjab & Haryana High Makes Interim Bail Absolute In Cheating Case
1 year ago

Bail Plea Cannot Be Turned Into Recovery Proceedings Against Accused: Punjab & Haryana High Makes Interim Bail Absolute In Cheating Case

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has observed that in cheating cases where bail is sought by the accused, the Court cannot impose a condition to deposit the allegedly misappropriated amount before granting bail. Acknowledging the ruling of the Supreme Court in Dilip Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh and another Justice Suvir Sehgal granted interim bail and said, "no …

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