138 ni act
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Practice & Procedures: Section 138 NI Act Trial Court Procedures

This article is a study aid compiled from practice material on trial court procedure under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. It summarises reported decisions for general information…

Criminal Law Digest Title
Digest

30 Landmark Supreme Court of India Criminal Law Judgments Explained

death
Cr.P.C

Statement of the victim (deceased) to her mother and the mother repeats the same in her testimony (deposition) is admissible in evidence as dying declaration

section 175(3) bnss
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Section 175(3) BNSS (formerly Section 156(3) CrPC): Filing & Procedure

Kartika v State of Odisha: SC on Pitch-Dark Identification and Circumstantial Evidence
Acquittal

Acquittal: Kartika v. State of Odisha: SC on Pitch-Dark Identification and Circumstantial Evidence

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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

ndps bail
BNSS

Bail order set aside: Twin conditions laid down under section 37 NDPS Act should be considered in commercial quantity cases

dv quash
Ad. Azhar Basha

Now You Can File Quash Application In Domestic Violence Cases: Hon’ble Supreme Court Settled The Issue

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