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Mother Of SFI Leader Abhimanyu Who Was Stabbed To Death In 2018 Over Campus Political Rivalry Moves Kerala High Court Citing Delay In Trial

Live Law

A petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court by the mother of Abhimanyu, the deceased SFI leader who was murdered in 2018 during a campus political rivalry at Maharajas College, Ernakulam. The mother has approached the Court stating despite the passage of six years, charges have not been framed against 15 accused persons and the case is still …

Court Case Ernakulam Sfi Kerala High

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Judicial Orders Mandating Incarceration- Recent Trend Of Imposition Of Restriction On Filing A Subsequent Bail Petition

Live Law

The fixing of time for concluding the trial and renewing the Bail application after a certain time became a generally inevitable part of criminal jurisprudence of the High Courts of India and the Supreme Court while deciding Regular Bail Petitions. To de-valuing of clean hand of the accused, facts, circumstance and stage of the case and fixing time for subsequent …

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3 weeks, 6 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 …

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SC asks Lakhimpur accused Ashish Mishra to respond to plea to cancel his bail

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Lakhimpur Kheri violence accused Ashish Mishra to respond to a plea to cancel his interim bail on charges that he was influencing witnesses in the case and had flouted the court order barring him from entering Lakhimpur Kheri except to attend the trial. In this May 10, 2022 photo, Ashish Mishra, main …

Trial Court Bail Application Accused Mishra Lakhimpur

1 month ago

Trial starts for New Hampshire youth center worker accused of holding down boy while he was raped

Associated Press

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A man who says he was brutally raped as a teenager by workers at a New Hampshire youth center testified Tuesday that he couldn’t report the attack at the time because the perpetrators were responsible for his welfare. Defense lawyer David Rothstein said Gilpatrick had gone to police only in 2020, when he was already “deep into …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Money laundering: Four get bail after 1K days in jail

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: Four men facing trial in a money-laundering case arising out of an alleged Rs 1,137 crore cheating case were given bail by a CBI court in Chennai as they had faced incarceration for more than 1,000 days. In the October 29 order, principal judge for CBI cases T Malarvalantina cited the provision of Section 479 of BNSS which entitles …

Bail Accused Fir Laundering Case

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Press must draw 'Lakshman Rekha', ensure against media trial: Kerala High Court

India Today

The Kerala High Court ruled that media outlets must refrain from taking on the role of investigative or judicial authorities when reporting on ongoing investigations or criminal cases. The High Court pointed out that trial by media can unfairly influence public opinion and lead to "pre-judgment" of suspects, effectively operating as a "kangaroo court." "It is desirable that the media …

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3 months ago

I had sex with Monster of Avignon's wife because there was nothing else to do on New Year's Eve: Married father accused of raping Gisele Pelicot makes stunning admission as he faces her in court

Daily Mail

A man accused of raping the Monster of Avignon's wife has told a court he only went there as he had 'nothing else to do on New Year's Eve'. Father-of-two Andy Rodriguez, 37, is one of 50 men said to have raped Dominque Pelicot's wife Gisele, after he gave her tranquilisers to sedate her. Gisele Pelicot arrives at the Palais …

Avignon Court Accused His Wife Wife Gisele Rodriguez

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Depraved husband 'who drugged and filmed his wife being raped by 50 men' covered for his vile crimes by accusing her of having affairs while he was out cycling and playing boules, court hears

Daily Mail

The depraved husband who drugged and filmed his wife being raped by strangers covered for his crimes by accusing her of cheating on him, a French court heard yesterday. When Gisele Pelicot told her husband Dominique she needed treatment for an unexplained sexual illness, he suggested she must be having affairs while he was out cycling and playing boules, asking …

France Sex Rape Men Accused French His Wife

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Speedy trial unlikely, HC grants bail to 5 in Pune ‘conspiracy’ case

The Hindu

A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court has granted bail to five men who were arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad on the charge of conspiring to attack the 2017 Sunburn Festival in Pune. They granted the accused bail “since speedy trial has received the recognition of fundamental right of a person facing accusations and being subjected to trial, …

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5 months ago

Vehicle Attached Under BUDS Act Can Be Auctioned Before Trial, Priority Is To Distribute Proceeds Among Victims Of Offense: Kerala High Court

Live Law

The Kerala High Court held that to auction a vehicle attached under Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, the competent authorities need not wait till the end of the trial. The Court held that the scheme of BUDS Act is to give priority to realise assets in the custody of accused and distribute the proceeds among the victim of the …

Court State Accused Vehicle Act Tac Distribute Proceeds

6 months ago

Swedish court acquits former Syrian army general accused of role in war crimes

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Swedish judge on Thursday acquitted a former Syrian army general of indiscriminate attacks on civilians in his home country more than a decade ago, saying prosecutors failed to provide evidence of his involvement in the war crimes. Prosecutors said that as head of the Ordnance Department of the Syrian Army’s 11th Division, he was responsible for …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trial Of Warrant Cases Explained By Justice V Ramkumar [Part-1]

Live Law

S.238: Compliance with Section 207 - When in any warrant-case instituted on a police report, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate at the commencement of the trial, the Magistrate shall satisfy himself that he has complied with the provisions of Section 207. Where, in any case under this Chapter, a previous conviction is charged under the provisions …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

2008 Malegaon Blast Trial: Accused Lt Col Purohit Alleges Torture by ATS

News 18

Lt Col Prasad Purohit, an accused in the September 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, in his final statement submitted to the trial court here has alleged that he was tortured by senior officials of the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad including its then chief Hemant Karkare during the investigation. Purohit in a 23-page statement submitted to the special court for National …

Maharashtra Singh Malegaon Ats Purohit Trial Accused Karkare

8 months ago

‘I am prepared to die’: Mandela’s speech which shook apartheid

Al Jazeera

Sixty years ago during the Rivonia Trial in South Africa, Nelson Mandela delivered one of the most famous speeches of the 20th century. “Accused number one” had been speaking from the dock for almost three hours by the time he uttered the words that would ultimately change South Africa. But as Mandela later wrote in his autobiography, “I felt we …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi HC acquits four in gangrape case

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday acquitted four men sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court for allegedly abducting and gangraping a woman in 2018, saying the investigation was not upto the mark. Allowing the appeal filed by the four men challenging the trial court’s judgment, the high court said no incriminating word had been said by …

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9 months, 1 week ago

[POCSO Act] Kerala HC Upholds Conviction Of Father Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 9-Yr-Old Daughter, Says Life-Sentence Imposed By Trial Court Not Disproportionate

Live Law

The Kerala High Court in a recent POCSO matter rejected the appeal of an accused who was convicted for committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault on his nine-year-old daughter. The Court also rejected the argument of the accused that the sentence imposed of 5 years under the POCSO Act, and 1 year under the IPC, was disproportionate to the gravity of …

Evidence Court Victim Assault Accused Ipc Pocso

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Used stone instead of axe: SC reduces man's conviction to culpable homicide

Op India

On 6th January 2024 the Supreme Court ruled that there was not enough evidence to conclude that a man and the other three co-accused had the same intention to commit murder and as a result, the man was found not guilty of the crime. They were found guilty under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC by a …

Murder Trial Evidence Court Accused Ipc High

11 months ago

Trial starts in Amsterdam of 9 suspects in 2021 slaying of investigative journalist

LA Times

A long-delayed trial opened Tuesday of nine men accused of involvement in the fatal 2021 shooting on a downtown Amsterdam street of a prominent Dutch investigative journalist. King Willem-Alexander called it “an attack on journalism, the cornerstone of our constitutional state, and therefore also an attack on the rule of law.” De Vries had been an advisor and confidant of …

Trial Suspects De Vries

11 months, 1 week ago

S. 273 CrPC | Witness Evidence Can Be Recorded Before Accused's Counsel, Even When Accused Exempted From Personal Appearance: Kerala High Court

Live Law

In a recent decision by the Kerala High Court, a single judge bench of Justice Gopinath clarified that “evidence of witnesses can be recorded in the presence of the counsel for the accused even in situations where the court grants exemption from personal appearance to the accused even of a day”. The court examined Section 273 which states that, “Except …

Personal Court Accused Recorded Presence Petitioner Personal Appearance

1 year, 1 month ago

Pakistan’s Imran Khan trial in jail declared illegal, lawyer says

Al Jazeera

Former prime minister was indicted for allegedly revealing official secrets after his 2022 ouster from office. The trial in jail of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been declared illegal by a court, his lawyer has said. On Tuesday, lawyer Naeem Panjutha posted on social media that a court in Islamabad ruled against an in-jail trial for Khan, indicted …

Pakistan Islamabad Jail Declared Khan Trial

1 year, 3 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

1 year, 6 months ago

Sheena Bora murder case: Court allows Indrani plea for faster trial

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: A special CBI court has expedited the trial in the Sheena Bora murder case in which four persons, including her mother, have been named as accused. Mukerjea’s former husband Sanjeev Khanna, who is also an accused in the case, had however, objected to the plea saying it would not be possible for him to attend the court on a …

Trial Case Plea Court Allows Mukerjea

1 year, 6 months ago

Courts Should Not Draw Conclusions At Stage Of Bail About Promise Of Marriage, Such Finding Must Await Evaluation Of Evidence At Trial: Delhi HC

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that it is neither appropriate nor feasible for courts to draw any conclusion or return any finding at the stage of bail of an accused as to whether a promise of marriage made to a prosecutrix was false or in bad faith.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani added that such a a finding or decision …

Marriage Court Bail Accused Promise Prosecutrix Bad Faith

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Mother Of SFI Leader Abhimanyu Who Was Stabbed To Death In 2018 Over Campus Political Rivalry Moves Kerala High Court Citing Delay In Trial

Judicial Orders Mandating Incarceration- Recent Trend Of Imposition Of Restriction On Filing A Subsequent Bail Petition

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

SC asks Lakhimpur accused Ashish Mishra to respond to plea to cancel his bail

Trial starts for New Hampshire youth center worker accused of holding down boy while he was raped

Money laundering: Four get bail after 1K days in jail

Press must draw 'Lakshman Rekha', ensure against media trial: Kerala High Court

I had sex with Monster of Avignon's wife because there was nothing else to do on New Year's Eve: Married father accused of raping Gisele Pelicot makes stunning admission as he faces her in court

Depraved husband 'who drugged and filmed his wife being raped by 50 men' covered for his vile crimes by accusing her of having affairs while he was out cycling and playing boules, court hears

Speedy trial unlikely, HC grants bail to 5 in Pune ‘conspiracy’ case

Vehicle Attached Under BUDS Act Can Be Auctioned Before Trial, Priority Is To Distribute Proceeds Among Victims Of Offense: Kerala High Court

Swedish court acquits former Syrian army general accused of role in war crimes

Trial Of Warrant Cases Explained By Justice V Ramkumar [Part-1]

2008 Malegaon Blast Trial: Accused Lt Col Purohit Alleges Torture by ATS

‘I am prepared to die’: Mandela’s speech which shook apartheid

Delhi HC acquits four in gangrape case

[POCSO Act] Kerala HC Upholds Conviction Of Father Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 9-Yr-Old Daughter, Says Life-Sentence Imposed By Trial Court Not Disproportionate

Used stone instead of axe: SC reduces man's conviction to culpable homicide

Trial starts in Amsterdam of 9 suspects in 2021 slaying of investigative journalist

S. 273 CrPC | Witness Evidence Can Be Recorded Before Accused's Counsel, Even When Accused Exempted From Personal Appearance: Kerala High Court

Pakistan’s Imran Khan trial in jail declared illegal, lawyer says

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

Sheena Bora murder case: Court allows Indrani plea for faster trial

Courts Should Not Draw Conclusions At Stage Of Bail About Promise Of Marriage, Such Finding Must Await Evaluation Of Evidence At Trial: Delhi HC