The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that the actual use of criminal force is not a condition precedent to attract the offence of assault defined under Section 351 of the IPC, which is punishable under Section 353 applicable. The bench of Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary, presiding over the case, noted that Section 353 IPC deals with crimes arising from assault …
An advocate cannot be booked for 'obstructing' a government servant from discharging his duty, just because he asks a team of CBI officers, conducting raid/search operations, to show their Identity Cards, the Bombay High Court held on Thursday.Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav discharged two advocates and a law intern, who were booked in 2007. An advocate cannot be booked for 'obstructing' …
The Kerala High Court allowed the anticipatory bail application moved by two lawyers accused of assaulting a police officer in uniform while he was at the Court in relation to an ongoing enquiry against him. Kunhikrishnan decided to allow the plea upon suspecting that they were booked under Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code in a deliberate attempt to …
The Kerala High Court has granted bail to an Advocate clerk in a case registered on the basis of a complaint by a Family Court Judge that he had interrupted the Court proceedings and had used filthy language at a police constable.Based on the complaint of the judge, the police had registered a case against the clerk, alleging Sections 353, …
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a man accused of obstructing a team of health workers constituted for collecting data regarding the pandemic of Covid-19, observing that he acted in an 'irresponsible manner' and directed him to pay Rs.10,000 to Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Justice Bharati Dangre heard the bail application filed by 55-year-old Zafar Jamal Khan, …