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Approver Under Benami Law: To Be, Or Not To Be?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Approver Under Benami Law: To Be, Or Not To Be?

Live Law  

The process of obtaining evidence from persons involved in crime by granting them immunity is well known in criminal law both in India and abroad. While investigating and prosecuting benami cases, the income tax authorities often find it difficult to decipher the real transaction hidden behind the façade due to lack of documentary evidence and general secrecy surrounding such transactions. …

Law Evidence Prosecution False Information Officer Person Immunity
Kavitha will turn approver in Delhi liquor scam, claims Congress MLA
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Kavitha will turn approver in Delhi liquor scam, claims Congress MLA

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Claiming that MLC K Kavitha will turn approver in the alleged Delhi liquor scam case, Congress MLA Yennem Srinivas Reddy on Saturday said that BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao was trying to persuade his daughter from doing so through his emissaries KT Rama Rao and T Harish Rao. This has prompted KCR to persuade her not to do so …

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Kannada actor Darshan case: Key accused in Renukaswamy murder case may become approver
7 months ago

Kannada actor Darshan case: Key accused in Renukaswamy murder case may become approver

The Hindu  

One of the key accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, in which actor Darshan and his friend Pavithra Gowda have been arrested, has reportedly confessed to the crime and is reportedly prepared to become an approver. Deepak was in the shed, the scene of the crime, when Renukaswamy was killed, and he later distributed ₹5 lakh each to the four …

Accused Reportedly Deepak Renukaswamy Darshan
NewsClick UAPA Case: Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Approver Amit Chakraborty
8 months, 1 week ago

NewsClick UAPA Case: Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Approver Amit Chakraborty

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered release of NewsClick Human Resources head Amit Chakraborty seeking bail after turning approver in the UAPA case registered following allegations of the portal receiving money for pro-China propaganda.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma passed the order allowing Chakraborty's plea seeking his release in the case.”Therefore, having considered the facts. The Delhi High Court on Monday …

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Who is an approver, and what does the century-old law protecting approvers say?
9 months ago

Who is an approver, and what does the century-old law protecting approvers say?

Hindustan Times  

In the ongoing case hearing of Arvind Kejriwal, his lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, recently, questioned the veracity of the approvers’ statements that the Enforcement Directorate was used to build its case against the arrested Delhi chief minister. Indispensable to the criminal justice system An approver though never used or defined in criminal laws, is understood to be a person who …

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’Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest in liquor policy case valid’: Delhi HC rejects CM’s plea against ED remand
9 months ago

’Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest in liquor policy case valid’: Delhi HC rejects CM’s plea against ED remand

Live Mint  

The Delhi High Court rejected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and remand order passed by the trial court in connection with the excise policy case. Allegation against Kejriwal: The high court said the material collected by the ED “reveals Arvind Kejriwal conspired and was actively involved in use and concealment of proceeds of …

Delhi Court Case Kejriwal Arrest Liquor Policy Approver
Approver in Delhi liquor policy case is BJP’s star donor, says AAP
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Approver in Delhi liquor policy case is BJP’s star donor, says AAP

The Hindu  

The Aam Aadmi Party on March 23 demanded that the Enforcement Directorate make the BJP an accused in the Delhi liquor policy case as the money trail that the agency has been looking for has been found and it leads to the coffers of the BJP in the form of electoral bonds. Hence the ED should arrest top BJP leaders, …

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Was not named in first 9 statements of approver: Sanjay Singh tells Supreme Court
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Was not named in first 9 statements of approver: Sanjay Singh tells Supreme Court

India Today  

Arguing for the release of Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh on bail in the Delhi excise policy case, his lawyer on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that Singh was arrested one-and-half years into the investigation. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi told a bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna that Singh was arrested after the Enforcement Directorate’s ‘star witness’ and …

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Raka Ghirra conviction: How DSP’s reader-turned- approver tilted the scales
11 months ago

Raka Ghirra conviction: How DSP’s reader-turned- approver tilted the scales

Hindustan Times  

With the court of special judge Jagjit Singh sentencing former Punjab DSP Raka Ghirra to six years of rigorous imprisonment this week, a perusal of the 123-page judgment reveals how the statements of Prosecution Witness 6, Manmohan Singh, the DSP’s reader and initially an accused in the case, were crucial, leading to the senior officer’s conviction. In his statements before …

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After Turning Approver, HR Head Amit Chakraborty Withdraws Petition In Supreme Court Against Arrest After
11 months, 3 weeks ago

After Turning Approver, HR Head Amit Chakraborty Withdraws Petition In Supreme Court Against Arrest After

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed NewsClick human resources head and recently-turned approver Amit Chakraborty to withdraw his plea challenging his arrest by the Delhi police. Last week, Chakraborty was allowed by a Delhi court to turn approver in the case, and was granted a pardon. A bench of Justices BR Gavai, Sanjay Karol, and Sandeep Mehta was hearing the …

Delhi Court Chakraborty Newsclick Withdraws Petition
Court Allows NewsClick HR Head Amit Chakravarty to Turn Approver in UAPA Case
1 year ago

Court Allows NewsClick HR Head Amit Chakravarty to Turn Approver in UAPA Case

News 18  

A Delhi court has allowed NewsClick’s human resources department chief Amit Chakravarty to turn an approver in the case lodged against the news portal under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that it received money to spread pro-China propaganda, court sources said on Tuesday. Special Judge Hardeep Kaur pardoned Chakravarty, arrested in the case, on an application he moved recently seeking …

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NewsClick case: HR head Amit Chakravarty moves court to turn approver
1 year ago

NewsClick case: HR head Amit Chakravarty moves court to turn approver

Live Mint  

Amit Chakravarty, human resources department head of NewsClick, has moved a Delhi court seeking its permission to turn an approver in a case related to pro-China propaganda, said a report by PTI citing court sources. He moved an application before special judge Hardeep Kaur last week, seeking pardon in the case and claiming he had material information that he was …

Delhi Newsclick
Section 306(4) CrPC Allows Approver's Bail Before Trial Completion on Meeting Pardon Conditions
1 year, 2 months ago

Section 306(4) CrPC Allows Approver's Bail Before Trial Completion on Meeting Pardon Conditions

Live Law  

An approver who has complied with all conditions of pardon and deposed as a witness in the prosecution's favor need not remain incarcerated till the end of the trial and would be entitled to bail, especially in case of a protracted trial, the Bombay High Court held. “In my opinion, now that the applicant has complied with the conditions and …

Trial Court Witness Bail Applicant Section 306 Accused
Excise policy scam | YSRCP MP’s son, Delhi businessman turn approver
1 year, 3 months ago

Excise policy scam | YSRCP MP’s son, Delhi businessman turn approver

The Hindu  

The Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday allowed Raghav Magunta, son of YSR Congress Party Lok Sabha MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, and Delhi-based businessman Dinesh Arora to turn approver in a case filed by Enforcement Directorate for money laundering in the now scrapped Delhi excise policy. The agency had also not opposed the application to become approver filed by Mr. Arora, …

Policy Cbi Alleged Excise Ed Delhi
₹20-lakh graft case: Faridkot court rejects accused’s plea to turn approver
1 year, 4 months ago

₹20-lakh graft case: Faridkot court rejects accused’s plea to turn approver

Hindustan Times  

Faridkot : The Faridkot chief judicial magistrate rejected application of an accused to become approver and be pardoned in the ₹20-lakh bribery case linked to a probe into the 2019 murder of the Faridkot dera deputy head. The Faridkot chief judicial magistrate rejected application of an accused to become approver and be pardoned in the ₹ 20-lakh bribery case linked …

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Application To Become Approver Cannot Be Withdrawn Once Pardon Is Granted: Bombay High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Application To Become Approver Cannot Be Withdrawn Once Pardon Is Granted: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently held that an accused cannot withdraw application to become a witness for the prosecution against co-accused once the application is accepted and pardon is already granted. would show that after acceptance of pardon in view of the scheme of Sections 306 to 308 the approver has no choice or option or …

Court Witness False Evidence Prosecution Application Accused Pardon
Mandatory For Magistrate To Examine Approver Before Committal Of Case: Kerala High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

Mandatory For Magistrate To Examine Approver Before Committal Of Case: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently held that it is mandatory for the Magistrate to examine an accused who was tendered pardon under section 306 of CrPC, prior to committing the case to the Sessions Court. Without examining the approver as a witness, the Magistrate Court deleted the name of the approver from the array of the accused and committed the …

Trial Court Case Section 306 Accused Person Code
Unprecedented move: ED arrests CBI approver Dinesh Arora in excise policy ‘scam’
1 year, 6 months ago

Unprecedented move: ED arrests CBI approver Dinesh Arora in excise policy ‘scam’

Hindustan Times  

In an unprecedented development, the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested businessman Dinesh Arora, a close aide of former deputy chief minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia, and who happens to be an “approver” for the Central Bureau of Investigation in Delhi excise police 2021-22 related irregularities. In fact, citing Dinesh Arora’s statement recorded under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code …

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Delhi excise policy case: Sarath Chandra Reddy turns approver. Who is this businessman?
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi excise policy case: Sarath Chandra Reddy turns approver. Who is this businessman?

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday allowed businessman P Sarath Chandra Reddy to turn approver in the alleged excise policy scam being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate. Businessman P Sarath Chandra Reddy The move could lead to more trouble for Delhi's former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who is facing money laundering charges by the ED. In November last …

Delhi Reddy Sarath Chandra Reddy Turns Approver Ed P Case Sarath
Two Delhi liquor scam accused granted bail
1 year, 8 months ago

Two Delhi liquor scam accused granted bail

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The designated court trying the Delhi liquor scam case filed by the Enforcement Directorate granted bail to two accused, Rajesh Joshi and Gautam Malhotra, on Saturday on the grounds that the evidence produced by the investigating agency against them was not incriminating enough. The two are key persons in the case because the ED accused them of channelling monetary …

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S.306 CrPC No Bar On High Court To Invoke Its Powers U/S 482 And Admit An Approver On Bail: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

S.306 CrPC No Bar On High Court To Invoke Its Powers U/S 482 And Admit An Approver On Bail: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently reiterated that in terms of Sec 306 CrPC bail to approver who is in custody cannot be granted, however, in an appropriate case High Court can release the approver on bail in exercise of its inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC. The observations were made by Justice Mohan Lal while hearing …

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CBI court rejects Sachin Waze's 2nd bail plea as he is yet to depose against Anil Deshmukh
1 year, 9 months ago

CBI court rejects Sachin Waze's 2nd bail plea as he is yet to depose against Anil Deshmukh

India Today  

A Special CBI Court in Mumbai found no merit and rejected the bail application of former Mumbai cop Sachin Waze in the case where he had turned approver against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh. Waze, who worked as an Assistant Police Inspector of Mumbai Police, was arrested in 2021 by the National Investigation Agency in the case relating to …

Mumbai Court Bail Cbi Nia Deshmukh Bombay Hc
NIA against former cop Sunil Mane turning approver in Antilia bomb scare case | Exclusive
1 year, 9 months ago

NIA against former cop Sunil Mane turning approver in Antilia bomb scare case | Exclusive

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency has said that former Mumbai cop Sunil Mane, who had offered to turn approver in the 2021 Antilia bomb scare case and businessman Mansukh Hiran death case, was equally involved in the case as the other accused, and has therefore sought that his application be rejected. READ | Ex-Mumbai cop Sunil Mane wants to make full …

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Sheena Bora murder case approver to walk out of prison soon | Exclusive
2 years ago

Sheena Bora murder case approver to walk out of prison soon | Exclusive

India Today  

Paving way for the release of the Sheena Bora murder accused turned approver, the Bandra Magistrate court in Mumbai granted bail to Shamvar Ray in the case that was registered under the Arms Act. Ray had last been produced in the CBI court in the Sheena Bora murder case in 2017 when he had deposed in court. Not produced in …

Murder Court Bail Case Joshi Cbi Ray