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PMLA & PC Act: Prosecuting the person accused of an offence under Section 13(1)(e) of the PC Act as well as for an offence under Section 3 of PMLA would not amount to double jeopardy

-April 25, 2024

Prayer - Crux of the case - Trial court’s order - Petitioner’s Side Submission -Respondent’s Side Submission - Criminal Revision Case - Criminal Original Petition - Observation of this Court - Section 44 PMLA is exception to section 190 Cr.P.C - Since there is no committal proceedings and hence section 202 (2) Cr.P.C does not arise - Procedure: Since there…

Act 14 of 1982: Sexual offender: Unexplained delay of 21 days in considering the representation is prejudice to the detenu (with direction to the state government on giving counselling to the arrested teenagers)

-April 21, 2024

Prayer-Detenu was detained as sexual offender-Petitioner side contention on procedural safeguard violations-Respondent’s side Contention-Delay in submitting the remarks by the Detaining Authority-Cited with precedents-Unexplained delay of 21 days in considering the representation is prejudice the detenu-High Courts Directions.

Custody death or Station death: If the death takes place inside the police station the accused persons should be punished for the offence under section 302 IPC

-April 5, 2024

Praying to register fir under section 302 IPC, change of investigation agency to CBI and further prayer for direction of appropriate compensation - Crux of the prosecution - Deceased was brought dead to government hospital and injuries found as antemortem in nature 3 to 4 days prior to the death - Second opined from Professor of forensic department as cause…

Suicide: No dowry demand: A moral conviction regarding the guilt of an individual has no place in criminal jurisprudence

-March 21, 2024

Prayer Criminal Appeal under Section 374(2) Cr.P.C. for setting aside a judgment. Accused acquitted of dowry death charges. The accused was prosecuted for dowry harassment upon his wife. she has committed suicide and thereby caused dowry death. Fact of the case is after a year of their marriage the appellant started constructing a house for which he demanded the jewels…

Section 451 / 457 Cr.P.C: Return of Property: There is no bar to release the property in NDPS Act

-March 11, 2024

After reviewing the submissions, it is confirmed that the petitioner is the vehicle owner and not involved in the case. The vehicle was rented out to A1/Balamurugan, with no contraband found. Due to the vehicle being exposed to weather since seizure, further detention could damage it. Citing the Apex Court's decision in a similar case, the Court is inclined to…

Surrender petition: Accused should surrender only before the Jurisdictional Magistrate

-March 8, 2024

Unless the case diary and the remand report is transmitted to the Magistrate he would not be able to apply his mind effectively for remand - Practice for decade surrendering before non-jurisdictional Magistrates is strange and dubious practice and severely deprecated - Roshan Beevi vs. Joint secretary (1983 MLW (cri) 289) cannot be applied to IPC offences - Remand would…

Limitation and bar to take cognizance.

-February 3, 2024

Head note: Prayer - Issue raised - Judicial Magistrate issued notice to the prosecution under section 473 cr.p.c (want of limitation) - Kishore vs. State - Information to the police is akin to a complaint under section 2(d) crpc - General principle of criminal law - Old code, 1898 Cr.P.C: Prosecution need not be quashed based on delay in instituting…

Defamation case: The statements is defamatory inasmuch they are directly connected with the discharge of public functions of the office of the Hon’ble Tamilnadu Chief Minister

-January 29, 2024

Head note: Prayer - Common issues in all the writ petitions - Case is regarding defamation - Arguments on behalf of the petitioner - Judgments relied by the counsel for the petitioner - Arguments on the side of the Government - Analysis of the Hon’ble Madras High court - Issues for consideration -Special Procedure for initiation of prosecution for defamation…

Section 482 CrPC: Only High Court has the power to direct to run sentences in two different cases concurrently

-January 27, 2024

Head note: On the petition filed under section 482 crpc, the Hon’ble Madras High court has directed to run two sentences in two different cases concurrently. Hon’ble Madras High court has directed based on the previous judgment of the Madras High court Selvakumar Vs. The Inspector of Police, Seidhunganallur Police Station reported in 2018-2-LW(Crl)773.

Plea of Insanity: Hon’ble Madras high court division bench acquitted the accused based on the exception under section 84 IPC being proved

-January 25, 2024

Challenge & Prayer – Facts - Appellant is a mentally deranged person affected with paranoid schizophrenia and set the deceased on fire - Death of deceased at hospital - Trial & conviction - Evidence substantiates the appellant was affected with paranoid schizophrenia - Analysis of Hon’ble Madras High court - Offence proved so also the mental disorder of the accused…

Quash: Cheating: In order to constitute an offence of cheating, the intention to cheat must be available from the inception

-January 24, 2024

Head note: In the instant case, admittedly the petitioner had only repaid a part of the amount and the balance is yet to be repaid by the petitioner. This act on the part of the petitioner, at the best, can only constitute a breach of contract and it will not constitute an offence of cheating.

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Sentencing policy: Explained

July 25, 2023/

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