Code of Criminal Procedure

The Allahabad High Court last week granted conditional bail to Shravan Yadav alias Vicky, an accused in the death of a person during celebratory firing.

The Additional Solicitor General, Chetan Sharma urged the Delhi High Court bench to grant time to file a short response in a matter of plea seeking framing of guidelines to be followed while effecting search and seizure operations at the premises of Advocates.

The revisional application is disposed of with a direction that the Magistrate will be at liberty to record the plea of the petitioner through his advocate and his examination under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, may also be conducted in terms of Section 313(5) of the Code.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court decision to find out if panel lawyers employed by central agencies and appearing before it had the requisite experience and vetted with courts is significant. The Court had frowned at appointing public prosecutors on contract basis earlier.

A medical student, who was accused of violating Covid-19 vaccination clinical trial rules was granted bail on Wednesday by Allahabad High Court. A Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application was filed by Sudhakar Yadav under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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The Supreme court momentarily clarified the scope of Section 311 CrPC of the Code of Criminal Procedure in its two ongoing judgments.

The counsel appearing for petitioners submitted that the parties has compromised the matter, and no purpose will be served by keeping the proceedings alive, therefore FIR and other proceedings may be quashed and set aside.

The Madras High Court on Thursday, while maintaining that there are certain exceptions, ruled that the state government is the "appropriate government" ordinarily empowered to suspend or remit sentences imposed on criminal convicts under Section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Delhi Police to file a detailed status report while hearing a plea filed by the family of Navreet Singh