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Constitution Cr P C Prevention of Money Laundering Act

An Authorized Officer under the PMLA, 2002 is not duty bound to follow the rigor of Section 41A of the CrPC, 1973 as against the binding conditions under Section 19 of the PMLA, 2002 – – When an arrestee is forwarded to the jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 19(3) of the PMLA, 2002 no writ of Habeus Corpus would lie — Section 167 of the CrPC, 1973 is a bridge between liberty and investigation performing a fine balancing act

Aug 8, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH V. SENTHIL BALAJI — Appellant Vs. THE STATE REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : A.S. Bopanna and M. M.…

Cr P C

A petty incident which took place in their office should have been resolved by the parties on that day itself, instead of stretching it so far – Chargesheet quashed – Appeal allowed.

Aug 6, 2023 sclaw

(2023) INSC 668 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SUNIL KUMAR — Appellant Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi,…

Additional Accused Cr P C

Person summoned under Section 319 CrPC need not be given opportunity of hearing before being added as accused

Aug 4, 2023 sclaw

that such a right of inquiry or hearing would accrue only to a person who has already been discharged under Section 227 of CrPC in the very same proceeding…

Cr P C

Summoning of additional accused – At the stage of summoning an accused, there has to be a prima facie satisfaction of the Court – Evidence which was there before the Court was of an eye witness who has clearly stated before the Court that a crime has been committed, inter alia, by the revisionist- Appeal allowed

Jul 31, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SANDEEP KUMAR — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : C.T. Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ. ) Criminal…

Cr P C

Under Section 102 (1) of Cr.P.C., the Police have the power to seize the passport but there is no power to impound the same – Even if the power of seizure of a passport is exercised under Section 102, the Police cannot withhold the said document and the same must be forwarded to the Passport Authority – It is for the Passport Authority to decide whether the passport needs to be impounded or not.

Jul 28, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH CHENNUPATI KRANTHI KUMAR — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal,…

Cr P C

(CrPC) – Section 438 – Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 420 – Anticipatory Bail – Cheating – inclusion of a condition for payment of money by the applicant for bail tends to create an impression that bail could be secured by depositing money alleged to have been cheated. That is really not the purpose and intent of the provisions for grant of bail.

Jul 18, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH RAMESH KUMAR — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI — Respondent ( Before : S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta, JJ. )…

Cr P C

(CrPC) – Section 162 – No statement made by a person to a police officer in the course of any investigation under Chapter XII of the Cr. PC, which is reduced to writing, is required to be signed by the person making the statement.

Jul 18, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SUPRIYA JAIN — Appellant Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta, JJ. ) Special…

Cr P C

(CrPC) – Section 319 – Summoning order – satisfaction preceding the order thereunder must be more than prima facie as formed at the stage of a charge being framed and short of satisfaction to an extent that the evidence, if unrebutted, would lead to conviction – Summoning order upheld – Appeal dismissed

Jul 9, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH JITENDRA NATH MISHRA — Appellant Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Dipankar Datta and Pankaj Mithal, JJ. ) Criminal…

Cr P C

Summoning as additional accused – – Once it is conceded that the appellant is a sibling of one of the named assailants, the material for forming the requisite satisfaction cannot be said to be non-existent — Special Court formed the requisite satisfaction prior to summoning the appellant to face trial with “D” —

Jun 27, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before: Dipankar Datta & Pankaj Mithal, JJ. Criminal Appeal No. 978 of 2022 Decided on: 02.06.2023 Jitendra Nath Mishra – Appellant Versus State of U.P. &…

Corruption Cr P C

Double jeopardy – Hearing to accused – Prior to carrying out further investigation under Section 173(8) of the CrPC it is not necessary that the order accepting the final report should be reviewed, recalled or quashed – court is not obliged to hear the accused while considering an application for further investigation under Section 173(8) of the CrPC.

Jun 25, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before: Surya Kant & J.B. Pardiwala, JJ. SLP (Crl.) Nos. 7628-7630 of 2017 Decided on: 28.04.2023 State Through Central Bureau of Investigation – Appellant Versus Hemendhra…

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Appellant Trust’s contentions regarding non-demarcation, encroachment, and non-delivery of possession are baseless; demarcation was done and acknowledged, alleged encroachment is not proven by evidence, and delivery of possession was contingent on execution of lease deed, a condition appellant failed to meet — Respondent Corporation’s actions were in accordance with prescribed procedures and allotment terms

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