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Allahabad High Court Acquits Accused in 1986 Murder Case After 37 Years – Holds Chain of Circumstantial Evidence Not Complete

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court allowed the criminal appeal and acquitted the surviving appellant in a decades-old murder case, citing serious gaps in the prosecution’s circumstantial evidence.…

Supreme Court Holds That Bail Conditions Cannot Include Direction To Sell Immovable Property Of Accused For Settlement Of Alleged Claims As Such Direction Is Alien To Bail Jurisdiction

The Supreme Court has held that neither the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 nor the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 would enable a Court at the stage of bail or…

Delhi High Court Convicts Truck Driver for Rash and Negligent Driving Causing Death of Two-Year-Old Child; Applies Doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur

The Delhi High Court has convicted Shiv Shankar, driver of a TATA Ace truck, for the offences punishable under Sections 279 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code in a…

Jharkhand High Court Holds NIA Appeals Beyond 90 Days Not Maintainable; Limitation Act Cannot Extend Statutory Cap Under Section 21(5)

The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that criminal appeals filed beyond the outer limit of 90 days prescribed under Section 21(5) of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 are not…

Supreme Court Acquits Murder Accused: Call Detail Records Inadmissible Without Mandatory Section 65-B Certificate – Prosecution’s Circumstantial Chain Collapses

The Supreme Court has acquitted Pooranmal in a 2010 murder case, ruling that Call Detail Records (CDRs) cannot be relied upon as evidence unless accompanied by the mandatory certificate under…

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Allahabad HC: FIR Not Doubtful Merely Because Filed with Advocate’s Assistance; Upholds Life Sentence in Brutal Acid Attack Case

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that an FIR cannot be deemed suspicious or unreliable simply because it was lodged with the help of an advocate. A division bench of…

Supreme Court Overturns Cheque Dishonor Conviction After Voluntary Settlement in NI Act Case

The Supreme Court ruled that a conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act), cannot stand once a complainant signs a compromise deed acknowledging full settlement…

Supreme Court Questions ED’s Stand on Bail Conditions for Women under PMLA

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On Thursday, December 19, the Supreme Court strongly criticized the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for contending that the stringent bail conditions under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) apply even…

Supreme Court Rules Change of Law Cannot Reopen Acquittal Case

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court held that a delay condonation application with an appeal against an acquittal cannot be allowed based solely on a subsequent change of law.…

Supreme Court Affirms the Integrity of Section 164 Cr.P.C. Statements, Rejecting Witness Retraction

The Supreme Court in Vijaya Singh & Anr. v. State of Uttarakhand has reinforced the sanctity of statements recorded under Section 164 of the Cr.P.C., ruling that such statements cannot…