General

The facts of the present case can be brought under exception I of Section 300 of IPC and thus is punishable u/s. 304(I) of IPC and not u/s. 302 of IPC

MURUGESH VS STATE REP BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE

nbw
General

Recall: 70(2) CrPC: Only Revision lies against order issuing against NBW and not Crl.O.P jurisdiction [Editor’s note inside]

Latest

POCSO: Victim’s testimony before the Court is clear and cogent and almost the same as per the statement recorded u/s. 164 Cr.P.C and there has been no exaggeration or any inconsistency

demand
Acquittal

Discrepancy in the use of the complainant’s fingers (two or five) to pick up the demanded money from his pocket has some bearing while considering the entire evidence

156
BNSS

Rejecting the petition filed under section 156(3) CrPC does not prevent the police to register FIR inasmuch the poser of registering FIR flows from section 154 CrPC

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rcs notice
Ad. Rajavel

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

murder
Acquittal

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

PCPNDT, female child, foetus,  
General

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

important citations - volume no.1
Articles

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

filicide
General

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

appeal
General

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]

cognizance
Acquittal

Section 223(1) BNSS: Though the complaint was filed earlier cognizance was taken after BNSS came into force and appellant not heard before cognizance is an illegality would vitiate the proceedings

ndps return of property
Acquittal

NDPS: Confiscation: Sections 36-C and 51 NDPS do not deny the use of sections 451 (s.497 BNSS) and 457 (503 BNSS) and section 60 does not deny interim custody to bona fide owner

suspension of sentence
Acquittal

Suspension of Sentence: Appeal seems to be remote and having regard to the huge pendency of criminal appeals in the High Court bail ordered

prolonged investigation
Cr.P.C

Despite investigation records being untraceable and yet the investigation kept pending for two decades is nothing but delayed and denied justice

guidelines
General

Guidelines to remedy the persistent delay in the pronouncement of reserved judgments by High Courts

quash
Acquittal

Quash: When the amount was fully settled by way of compromise before DRT lodging a complaint before CBI for fraud and forgery is an abuse of process of law

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