Murder: Conviction: Corpus delicti means that the offence has been committed and not that the dead body of the murdered person has been recovered

As per section 21 POCSO Act only those who received credible information directly could be prosecuted for failure to report and not all the teachers or office bearers of the institution also no suppression of information is reported

Anticipatory Bail is not needed in complaint cases if apprehension of arrest is only by the police

Honour killing: The court must see whether a hostile witness is totally discredited if not the court should not discard his testimony entirely

Sentencing: Though the furnishing of a forged revenue document for surety in judicial proceedings is serious in nature but is not organised crime and has not caused any widespread financial loss

S.304 II IPC: Injuries were caused by an abrupt fall into the dry canal and not by stones thrown by the accused at the deceased

RCS notice and Rule 26 of The Tamilnadu Criminal Rules of Practice., 2019

Acquittal: Who Pulled the Trigger? Prosecution version remains acceptable till the point of bullet entering the skull but suspicious when it travels upward while exiting the skull

Incomplete Form ‘F’ Attracts Substantive Penalties and Strict Adherence to Record-Keeping is Mandatory Under PCPNDT Act (Prenatal Diagnostics Act)

Important Citations (Criminal Branch): Vol.1 – For Effective Administration of Justice

Filicide: Absence of poison in the viscera may be due to metabolized or eliminated from the body before death

Joint appeal: ‘an appeal’ followed by ‘the appeal’ are same within the meaning of the sections 392, 374 and 378 Cr.P.C as if ‘any proceeding” followed by ‘the proceeding’ in Section 397 Cr.P.C thereof [Referred to Larger Bench]