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Category: Cr P C

Cr P C

Cheating – Quashing of proceedings – There are no such specific allegations against the appellants being Managing Director or the Director of the company respectively – It is required to be noted that though the FIR was filed in the year 2000 and the charge-sheet was submitted/filed as far back as on 28.5.2004, the appellants were served with the summons only in the year 2017, i.e., after a period of approximately 13 years from the date of filing the charge-sheet. QUASHED

Feb 1, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SUSHIL SETHI AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan and M. R.…

Cr P C

Magistrate While Holding Inquiry U/s 202 CrPC Required To Take A Broad View And a Prima Facie Case: SC HELD criminal proceedings initiated are an abuse of process of law or the Court or not and/or whether the dispute is purely of civil nature or not and/or whether the civil dispute is tried to be given a colour of criminal dispute or not.

Feb 1, 2020 sclaw

  Magistrate While Holding Inquiry U/s 202 CrPC Required To Take A Broad View And a Prima Facie Case: SC [Read Judgment] LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 31 Jan 2020 9:28 PM…

Cr P C

Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 – Sections 3 and 4 – Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 406, 420 and 498A – Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Section 216 – Framing of additional charges – It is clear that Section 216 provides the court an exclusive and wide-ranging power to change or alter any charge

Jan 21, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DR. NALLAPAREDDY SRIDHAR REDDY — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and…

Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Section 439 – Special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail HELD Jurisdiction of the Court under Section 439 of the Code is limited to grant or not to grant bail pending trial – Even though the object of the Hon’ble Judge was laudable but the jurisdiction exercised was clearly erroneous

Jan 15, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE — Appellant Vs. M. MURUGESAN AND ANOTHERS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant…

Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Sections 154 and 164 – Registration of FIR – Recording of confessions and statements – Section 154 of the Cr.P.C. provides about the information in cognizable cases and in effect registration of First Information Reports. The first Proviso to the sub-Section (1) of Section 154 inserted by the Amendment Act of 2013 and subsequently amended by the Amendment Act of 2018, provides for registration of First Information Report in cases of rape and sexual offences by a woman police officer or any woman officer

Dec 22, 2019 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH IN RE : ASSESSMENT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN RESPONSE TO SEXUAL OFFENCES ( Before : S.A. Bobde, CJI, B.R. Gavai and Surya…

Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Sections 205 and 205 (2) – Dispensation with personal appearance/attendance – In the case of Bhaskar Industries Ltd. V. Bhiwani Denim & Apparels Ltd., (2001) 7 SCC 401, this Court has observed that if a Court is satisfied that in the interest of justice the personal attendance of an accused before it need not be insisted on, then the court has the power to dispense with the attendance of the accused – HELD consequently the application submitted by the appellant to dispense with his appearance before the learned Trial Court on all dates of adjournments and permitting his counsel to appear on his behalf is here by allowed on the conditions.

Dec 17, 2019 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PUNEET DALMIA — Appellant CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, HYDERABAD — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan and M. R. Shah, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…

Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Section 195(1)(a)(i) – Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 181 – Contempt of court – Making a false statement on oath is an offence punishable under Section 181 of the IPC while furnishing false information with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person is punishable under Section 182 of the IPC. These offences by virtue of Section 195(1)(a)(i) of the Code can be taken cognizance of by any court only upon a proper complaint in writing as stated in said Section.

Dec 12, 2019 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ABCD — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit and Indu Malhotra, JJ. ) Writ Petition…

Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Sections 173, 319, 482 – Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 306 – Evidence Act, 1872 – Sections 103 and 114 – Abetment of suicide – Summoning Order – Section 319 empowers the court to proceed against a person appearing to be guilty of an offence where, in the course of any enquiry into or trial of, an offence, it appears from the evidence that any person, not being the accused, has committed any offence for which such person could be tried together with the accused

Dec 11, 2019 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SAEEDA KHATOON ARSHI — Appellant Vs. STATE OF UP AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ.…

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