Code of Criminal Procedure

A local court in Uttar Pradesh has acquitted Union Minister of State for Law and Justice S.P. Singh Baghel in a seven-year-old case related to violation of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

The Allahabad High Court...

A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing the petition filed by Vinay Kumar Gupta has expressed deep displeasure over the lack of improvement in the practice of issuing proforma cognizance orders by the Judicial magistrates.

Allahabad High Court observed that non-reporting of the seizure forthwith, shall not ipso facto render the seizure illegal particularly as no period is specified and it's consequences have not been provided. Thus the instant writ petition is also liable to be dismissed.

The Supreme Court has noted that a criminal appeal filed by a convict will abate on his death if no application for leave to continue the appeal is made within 30 days by a near relative.

In a recent judgment, th...

Justices Revati Dere and M.S. Jawalkar said the application filed by Tejpal's counsel Amit Desai had been rejected for reasons the court will be recording separately in writing.

The Delhi High Court on ...

The Supreme Court has set aside the summons passed by the Sessions Judge, Khiri saying the Sessions Judge will apply his mind in the light of principles laid down by the Constitution Bench.

The Supreme Court has reiterated that the object of any criminal jurisprudence is reformative in character and to take care of the victim while allowing an application filed by a man seeking reduction of the sentence of three years of rigorous imprisonment for offence punishable under Section 498A IPC.